Radeon RX 5800 XT vs FirePro W5100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking519not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.81no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBonaireNavi 23
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores7683328
Core clock speed930 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1775 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt275 Watt
Texture fill rate44.64369.2
Floating-point processing power1.428 TFLOPS11.81 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs48208

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 x16
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s448.0 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 275 Watt

FirePro W5100 has 450% lower power consumption.

RX 5800 XT, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5100 and Radeon RX 5800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5800 XT is a desktop one.


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