ATI Radeon Xpress X1200 vs FirePro W7100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 351 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.88 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | no data |
| GPU code name | Tonga | RS690M |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 August 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 February 2007 (17 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 cores | 1792 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 920 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 103.0 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.297 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | no data |
| TMUs | 112 | no data |
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 x16 | no data |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 4x DisplayPort | no data |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
| DisplayPort count | 4 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
| HD сomponent video output | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | no data |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 August 2014 | 1 February 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 80 nm |
FirePro W7100 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W7100 and Radeon Xpress X1200. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro W7100 is a workstation card while Radeon Xpress X1200 is a notebook 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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