FirePro W5100 vs ATI FirePro V8700

VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated521
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data10.72
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameRV770Bonaire
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date11 September 2008 (16 years ago)31 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores800768
Core clock speed750 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors956 million2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate30.0044.64
Floating-point processing power1.2 TFLOPS1.428 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4048

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length254 mm171 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / half length
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed850 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth108.8 GB/s96 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video4x DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D-+
DisplayPort countno data4
Dual-link DVI support-+
HD сomponent video output-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.16.3
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 September 2008 31 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 50 Watt

FirePro W5100 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 202% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V8700 and FirePro W5100. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


ATI FirePro V8700
FirePro V8700
AMD FirePro W5100
FirePro W5100

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.3 6 votes

Rate FirePro V8700 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.5 117 votes

Rate FirePro W5100 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.