AMD Radeon RX 560X vs AMD FirePro W8100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 824 MHz
  • 619.1x more texture fill rate: 81.60 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
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5698 vs 5494
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5698 vs 5494
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4873 vs 3699
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4873 vs 3699
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 23 June 2014
Core clock speed 1175 MHz vs 824 MHz
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 220 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5698 vs 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5698 vs 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4873 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4873 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

  • 2.5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1024
  • 1622.7x better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 669
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7279 vs 3553
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34705 vs 16419
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2560 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 717 vs 669
PassMark - G3D Mark 7279 vs 3553
Geekbench - OpenCL 34705 vs 16419

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8100

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5698
5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5698
5494
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
669
717
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3553
7279
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
16419
34705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4873
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4873
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3349
Name AMD Radeon RX 560X AMD FirePro W8100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5698 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5698 5494
PassMark - G2D Mark 669 717
PassMark - G3D Mark 3553 7279
Geekbench - OpenCL 16419 34705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4873 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4873 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 93.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2333.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 112.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 440.107

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 560X AMD FirePro W8100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Polaris 21 Hawaii
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 23 June 2014
Place in performance rating 384 385
Type Desktop, Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1275 MHz
Compute units 14/16
Core clock speed 1175 MHz 824 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs 4,219 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 2560
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s 131.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 220 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count 4
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support