ATI M82 vs FirePro W9100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	280	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Hawaii	M82
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	26 March 2014 (10 years ago)	no data

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	2816	40
Core clock speed	930 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,200 million	181 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	750 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	163.7	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.238 gflops	no data
ROPs	64	4
TMUs	176	4

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	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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	16 GB	no data
Memory bus width	512 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	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	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	no data
StereoOutput3D	+	-
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)	10.1
Shader Model	6.3	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

55 nm

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