Radeon HD 8330 vs FirePro W8100

Place in performance ranking	277	1141
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.13	0.01
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Hawaii	Kabini
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	23 June 2014 (10 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$590	$143

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W8100 has 71200% better value for money than HD 8330.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	128
Core clock speed	824 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	131.8	3.976
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W8100 and Radeon HD 8330 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	512 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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, 1x SDI	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	1	no data
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data
HD сomponent video output	1	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.3	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 W8100 18.85
+2713%

HD 8330 0.67

FirePro W8100 outperforms Radeon HD 8330 by 2713% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro W8100 7279
+2700%

HD 8330 260

FirePro W8100 outperforms Radeon HD 8330 by 2700% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

300−350
+2627%

−2627%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

80−85
+2567%

3−4

−2567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Hitman 3	55−60 +2650%	2−3 −2650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−310 +2400%	12−14 −2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	190−200 +2614%	7−8 −2614%
Watch Dogs: Legion	250−260 +2678%	9−10 −2678%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Hitman 3	55−60 +2650%	2−3 −2650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−310 +2400%	12−14 −2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	190−200 +2614%	7−8 −2614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	250−260 +2678%	9−10 −2678%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−310 +2400%	12−14 −2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	190−200 +2614%	7−8 −2614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	250−260 +2678%	9−10 −2678%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +2650%	4−5 −2650%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Hitman 3	160−170 +2567%	6−7 −2567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +2567%	3−4 −2567%