FirePro W2100 vs Radeon Pro WX 7100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro WX 7100 and FirePro W2100, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro WX 7100
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 130 Watt
20.31
+768%

Pro WX 7100 outperforms W2100 by a whopping 768% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking270848
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.71no data
Power efficiency10.716.17
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameEllesmereOland
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date10 November 2016 (8 years ago)12 August 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2304320
Core clock speed1188 MHz630 MHz
Boost clock speed1243 MHz680 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate179.013.60
Floating-point processing power5.728 TFLOPS0.4352 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs14420

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 supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorno datalow profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s28.8 GB/s
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 Connectors4x DisplayPort2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort countno data2
Dual-link DVI support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-+
FreeSync+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

Pro WX 7100 20.31
+768%
FirePro W2100 2.34

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Pro WX 7100 7825
+767%
FirePro W2100 903

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Pro WX 7100 38420
+932%
FirePro W2100 3723

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 HD100−110
+733%
12
−733%
4K16−18
+700%
2
−700%

Cost per frame, $

1080p7.99no data
4K49.94no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+463%
8−9
−463%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+2133%
3−4
−2133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+583%
6−7
−583%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1100%
4−5
−1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+817%
6−7
−817%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+1045%
10−12
−1045%
Hitman 3 40−45
+471%
7−8
−471%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+416%
18−20
−416%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+7000%
1−2
−7000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+1000%
5−6
−1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+518%
10−12
−518%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+151%
35−40
−151%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+463%
8−9
−463%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+2133%
3−4
−2133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+583%
6−7
−583%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1100%
4−5
−1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+817%
6−7
−817%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+1045%
10−12
−1045%
Hitman 3 40−45
+471%
7−8
−471%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+416%
18−20
−416%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+7000%
1−2
−7000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+1000%
5−6
−1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+518%
10−12
−518%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+254%
12−14
−254%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+151%
35−40
−151%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+463%
8−9
−463%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+583%
6−7
−583%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1100%
4−5
−1100%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+1045%
10−12
−1045%
Hitman 3 40−45
+471%
7−8
−471%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+416%
18−20
−416%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+518%
10−12
−518%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+254%
12−14
−254%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+151%
35−40
−151%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+1000%
5−6
−1000%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+875%
4−5
−875%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+850%
12−14
−850%
Hitman 3 24−27
+243%
7−8
−243%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+600%
6−7
−600%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+950%
4−5
−950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+823%
12−14
−823%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+580%
5−6
−580%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Hitman 3 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
+783%
12−14
−783%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%

This is how Pro WX 7100 and FirePro W2100 compete in popular games:

  • Pro WX 7100 is 733% faster in 1080p
  • Pro WX 7100 is 700% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Pro WX 7100 is 7000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Pro WX 7100 surpassed FirePro W2100 in all 56 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.31 2.34
Recency 10 November 2016 12 August 2014
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 26 Watt

Pro WX 7100 has a 767.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

FirePro W2100, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro WX 7100 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W2100 in performance tests.


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