AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs AMD FirePro W4100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient and AMD FirePro W4100 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, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1894 vs 1514
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 26.039 vs 15.65
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.666 vs 1.631
  • Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 135.437 vs 75.309
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2408 vs 1951
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1620
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2408 vs 1951
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1620
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2018 vs 13 August 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1894 vs 1514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.039 vs 15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.666 vs 1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 135.437 vs 75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2408 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2408 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 1620

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4100

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 455 vs 355
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 538.848 vs 176.928
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 31.533 vs 27.603
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3399 vs 3170
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3399 vs 3170
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 630 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 455 vs 355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 538.848 vs 176.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.533 vs 27.603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3399 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3399 vs 3170

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1894
1514
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
355
455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.039
15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
176.928
538.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.666
1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.603
31.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.437
75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2408
1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2408
1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
1620
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient AMD FirePro W4100
PassMark - G3D Mark 1894 1514
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.039 15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 176.928 538.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.666 1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.603 31.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 135.437 75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2408 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2408 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 1620
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 862
Geekbench - OpenCL 5489

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient AMD FirePro W4100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Raven Cape Verde
Launch date 23 April 2018 13 August 2014
Place in performance rating 972 974
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 630 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 1,500 million
Floating-point performance 645.1 gflops
Pipelines 512
Texture fill rate 20.16 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Low Profile / Half Length
Length 171 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Powerplay