AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs AMD FirePro W8100
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) and AMD FirePro W8100 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 12% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 824 MHz
- Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 131.8 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 220 Watt
- Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 5000 MHz
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7965 vs 6672
- Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.543 vs 93.339
- Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.511 vs 8.816
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 511.362 vs 440.107
- Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 5494
- Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 5494
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 4 August 2016 vs 23 June 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 926 MHz vs 824 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 154.4 GTexel / s vs 131.8 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 220 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 6600 MHz vs 5000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7965 vs 6672 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 111.543 vs 93.339 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.511 vs 8.816 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 511.362 vs 440.107 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9983 vs 5494 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9983 vs 5494 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
- 861x better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34705 vs 33787
- Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2333.922 vs 1817.005
- Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 112.45 vs 99.875
- Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2443
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1674
- Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2443
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1674
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 2560 vs 2048 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,219 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34705 vs 33787 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2333.922 vs 1817.005 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 112.45 vs 99.875 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 vs 2443 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 vs 1674 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 vs 2443 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 vs 1674 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8100
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) | AMD FirePro W8100 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7965 | 6672 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 723 | 723 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 33787 | 34705 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 111.543 | 93.339 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1817.005 | 2333.922 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.511 | 8.816 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 99.875 | 112.45 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 511.362 | 440.107 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9983 | 5494 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2443 | 3699 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1674 | 3349 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9983 | 5494 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2443 | 3699 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1674 | 3349 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 842 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) | AMD FirePro W8100 | |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | Ellesmere | Hawaii |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 4 August 2016 | 23 June 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | |
| Place in performance rating | 389 | 392 |
| Price now | $109.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
| Value for money (0-100) | 100.00 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1206 MHz | |
| Compute units | 32 | |
| Core clock speed | 926 MHz | 824 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4.9 TFLOPs | 4,219 gflops |
| GPU Power | 85-110 Watt | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 2560 |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
| Texture fill rate | 154.4 GTexel / s | 131.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | 6,200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI |
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| DisplayPort count | 4 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 279 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Form factor | Full Height / Full Length | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 211 GB/s | 320 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6600 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 2.0b | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| ZeroCore | ||

