ATI FireGL 8800 vs FirePro W9100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking278not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.96no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameHawaiiR200
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date26 March 2014 (10 years ago)14 August 2001 (23 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 cores2816no data
Core clock speed930 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Wattno data
Texture fill rate163.72.400
Floating-point processing power5.238 TFLOPSno data
ROPs644
TMUs1768

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 x16AGP 4x
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount16 GB128 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz290 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s9.28 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA
StereoOutput3D+-
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)8.1
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.61.4
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2014 14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

FirePro W9100 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W9100 and FireGL 8800. We've got no test results to judge.


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