AMD Radeon R7 250XE vs AMD FirePro W4100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250XE and AMD FirePro W4100 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).

AMD Radeon R7 250XE

AMD FirePro W4100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250XE

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 860 MHz vs 630 MHz
Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 34.4 GTexel / s vs 20.16 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
Around 71% better floating-point performance: 1,101 gflops vs 645.1 gflops
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Core clock speed	860 MHz vs 630 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.4 GTexel / s vs 20.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,101 gflops vs 645.1 gflops
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4100

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 80 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250XE
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4100

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250XE	AMD FirePro W4100
PassMark - G3D Mark		1514
PassMark - G2D Mark		455
Geekbench - OpenCL		5489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		538.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		31.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1620

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250XE	AMD FirePro W4100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Cape Verde
Launch date	21 August 2014	13 August 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	973
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	860 MHz	630 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,101 gflops	645.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	512
Texture fill rate	34.4 GTexel / s	20.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Low Profile / Half Length
Length		171 mm
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	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay