Radeon R7 450 OEM 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)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameBonaireCape Verde
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)30 June 2016 (8 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 cores768512
Core clock speed930 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate44.6429.60
Floating-point processing power1.428 TFLOPS0.9472 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4832

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 3.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s72 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI-+
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 (11_1)
Shader Model6.36.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 March 2014 30 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 65 Watt

FirePro W5100 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 30% lower power consumption.

R7 450 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 450 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 450 OEM is a desktop one.


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