Radeon Instinct MI25 vs FirePro W2100

Place in the ranking	843	389
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.26	2.99
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Oland	Vega 10
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	12 August 2014 (10 years ago)	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)

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 cores	320	4096
Core clock speed	630 MHz	1400 MHz
Boost clock speed	680 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.60	384.0
Floating-point processing power	0.4352 TFLOPS	12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	20	256

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 support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	low profile / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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 type	DDR3	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	852 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	436.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	2x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	2	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.125

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W2100 2.34

Instinct MI25 12.90
+451%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro W2100 903

Instinct MI25 4978
+451%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

FirePro W2100 3724

Instinct MI25 67679
+1717%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

FirePro W2100 4490

Instinct MI25 71503
+1492%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	14 −436%	75−80 +436%
4K	2 −400%	10−12 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
−440%

27−30

+440%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −441%	200−210 +441%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −441%	200−210 +441%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −441%	200−210 +441%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
−440%

27−30

+440%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
−440%

27−30

+440%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−433%

16−18

+433%

This is how FirePro W2100 and Instinct MI25 compete in popular games:

Instinct MI25 is 436% faster in 1080p
Instinct MI25 is 400% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.34	12.90
Recency	12 August 2014	27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	300 Watt

FirePro W2100 has 1053.8% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI25, on the other hand, has a 451.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Instinct MI25 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W2100 in performance tests.

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