Radeon RX 550 512SP vs FirePro W2100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 848 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.17 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Oland | Baffin |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 August 2014 (10 years ago) | 13 October 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $79 |
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 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 630 MHz | 1019 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 680 MHz | 1071 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 950 million | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.60 | 34.27 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4352 TFLOPS | 1.097 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 20 | 32 |
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 x8 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | low profile / half length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 96 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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
| 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_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 August 2014 | 13 October 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 50 Watt |
FirePro W2100 has 92.3% lower power consumption.
RX 550 512SP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W2100 and Radeon RX 550 512SP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro W2100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 550 512SP is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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