FirePro V7900 SDI vs FirePro W5100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking516not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.27no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameBonaireCayman
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)24 May 2011 (13 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 cores7681280
Core clock speed930 MHz725 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt224 Watt
Texture fill rate44.6458.00
Floating-point processing power1.428 TFLOPS1.856 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4880

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 supportPCIe 3.0PCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length171 mm279 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthfull height / full length
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s160 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort4x SDI
StereoOutput3D++
DisplayPort count44
Dual-link DVI support++
HD сomponent video output+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 March 2014 24 May 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 224 Watt

FirePro W5100 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 348% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5100 and FirePro V7900 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.


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