AMD Radeon R9 295X2 vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 295X2 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 295X2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • 13.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 163.7 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2816
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,733 gflops vs 5,238 gflops
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 500 Watt vs 750 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8638 vs 7957
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 785 vs 762
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 April 2014 vs 26 March 2014
Texture fill rate 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2816 vs 2816
Floating-point performance 2x 5,733 gflops vs 5,238 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 500 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8638 vs 7957
PassMark - G2D Mark 785 vs 762

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 295X2
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8638
7957
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
785
762
Name AMD Radeon R9 295X2 AMD FirePro W9100
PassMark - G3D Mark 8638 7957
PassMark - G2D Mark 785 762
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
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 - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.751
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 295X2 AMD FirePro W9100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Vesuvius Hawaii
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 29 April 2014 26 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $1,499
Place in performance rating 169 191
Price now $1,099.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 11.14

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1018 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 5,733 gflops 5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 2816 2816
Stream Processors 5632
Texture fill rate 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec 163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 500 Watt 750 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 6,200 million
Core clock speed 930 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16 PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 307 mm 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 640 GB/s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 512 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)