FirePro W7100 vs Radeon RX 480 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated351
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data6.98
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameEllesmereTonga
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)12 August 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$450 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 cores23041792
Core clock speed1000 MHz920 MHz
Boost clock speed1077 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate155.1103.0
Floating-point processing power4.963 TFLOPS3.297 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs144112

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s160 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D-+
DisplayPort countno data4
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)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 12 August 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 400 Watt

RX 480 Mobile has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 480 Mobile and FirePro W7100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 480 Mobile is a notebook card while FirePro W7100 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
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