AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and ATI FireGL V8600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 713 MHz vs 688 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 121.6 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 1792 vs 320
8.8x better floating-point performance: 3,892 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 159 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
6.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5582 vs 839
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2016 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	713 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 159 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5582 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	778 vs 406

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5582

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

778

406

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	5582	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	778	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	25596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	87.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1362.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	106.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	250.267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1565

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	R600
Launch date	18 November 2016	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$1,899
Place in performance rating	470	363
Price now	$349.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	19.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1086 MHz
Core clock speed	713 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1792	320
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4