Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs AMD FirePro W7100

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and AMD FirePro W7100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

AMD FirePro W7100

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 920 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
Around 92% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47535 vs 24794

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 12 August 2014
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 920 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	47535 vs 24794

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7100

112x more pipelines: 1792 vs 16

Pipelines	1792 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7100

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47535

24794

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD FirePro W7100
Geekbench - OpenCL	47535	24794
PassMark - G3D Mark		5264
PassMark - G2D Mark		672
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1248.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		94.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		361.58
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD FirePro W7100
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	12 August 2014
Place in performance rating	450	451
Architecture		GCN 3.0
Code name		Tonga
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	920 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	1792
Render output units	64
Floating-point performance		3,297 gflops
Texture fill rate		103.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		400 Watt
Transistor count		5,000 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	160 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		5000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5