AMD Radeon R7 M270DX vs AMD FirePro W5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270DX and AMD FirePro W5100 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 M270DX

AMD FirePro W5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later

Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 31 March 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 233
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2986 vs 962

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 233
PassMark - G3D Mark	2986 vs 962

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

233

543

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

962

2986

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	AMD FirePro W5100
PassMark - G2D Mark	233	543
PassMark - G3D Mark	962	2986
Geekbench - OpenCL		12176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	AMD FirePro W5100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Topaz	Bonaire
Launch date	11 June 2014	31 March 2014
Place in performance rating	636	637
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,428 gflops
Pipelines		768
Texture fill rate		44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Half Length
Length		171 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		96 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		6000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5