ATI FirePro V4800 vs FirePro W8100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking294not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.93no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameHawaiiRedwood
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date23 June 2014 (10 years ago)26 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$189

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 cores2560400
Core clock speed824 MHz775 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)220 Watt69 Watt
Texture fill rate131.815.50
Floating-point processing power4.219 TFLOPS0.62 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs16020

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 2.0 x16
Length279 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 amount8 GB1 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s57.6 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 DisplayPort, 1x SDI1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 June 2014 26 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 69 Watt

FirePro W8100 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI V4800, on the other hand, has 218.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W8100 and FirePro V4800. We've got no test results to judge.


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