AMD Radeon R7 250XE vs AMD FirePro W2100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250XE and AMD FirePro W2100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 250XE

AMD FirePro W2100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250XE

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 860 MHz vs 630 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 34.4 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.5x better floating-point performance: 1,101 gflops vs 435.2 gflops
5x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 400 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	860 MHz vs 630 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.4 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,101 gflops vs 435.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W2100

2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250XE
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W2100

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250XE	AMD FirePro W2100
PassMark - G3D Mark		869
PassMark - G2D Mark		318
Geekbench - OpenCL		3724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		50.338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1058

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250XE	AMD FirePro W2100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Oland
Launch date	21 August 2014	12 August 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	1211
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	860 MHz	630 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,101 gflops	435.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	34.4 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		680 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Low Profile / Half Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	n / a
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay