AMD Radeon R9 290X2 vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X2 and AMD FirePro W9100 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), 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 - 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 R9 290X2

AMD FirePro W9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 930 MHz
13.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 163.7 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2816
2.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 5,238 gflops
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 580 Watt vs 750 Watt
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.441 vs 9.751

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 June 2014 vs 26 March 2014
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 2816
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 5,238 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt vs 750 Watt
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441 vs 9.751

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 4 GB

Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.441

9.751

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	AMD FirePro W9100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441	9.751
PassMark - G3D Mark		7987
PassMark - G2D Mark		752
Geekbench - OpenCL		43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		32085

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	AMD FirePro W9100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Hawaii	Hawaii
Launch date	24 June 2014	26 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399
Place in performance rating	282	190
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	930 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops	5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2816	2816
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	750 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5