Radeon Pro W6400 vs FirePro W5100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5100 and Radeon Pro W6400, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W5100
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.81

Pro W6400 outperforms W5100 by a whopping 168% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking516258
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.8229.00
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBonaireNavi 24
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)19 January 2022 (2 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 cores768768
Core clock speed930 MHz2331 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2331 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate44.64111.9
Floating-point processing power1.428 TFLOPS3.58 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4848
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s112.0 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 DisplayPort2x DisplayPort 1.4a
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
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)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

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 W5100 7.81
Pro W6400 20.94
+168%

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 W5100 3014
Pro W6400 8081
+168%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.81 20.94
Recency 31 March 2014 19 January 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm

Pro W6400 has a 168.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro W6400 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5100 in performance tests.


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