FirePro W4100 vs Radeon RX 550 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	525	658
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.64	0.18
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Polaris 12	Cape Verde
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	21 March 2017 (7 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data
Current price	$294 (3.7x MSRP)	$916

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 Mobile has 2478% better value for money than FirePro W4100.

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	640	512
Core clock speed	1287 MHz	630 MHz
Boost clock speed	1476 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,200 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	51.48	20.16
Floating-point performance	1,647 gflops	645.1 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 550 Mobile and FirePro W4100 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.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	171 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Form factor	no data	low profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	72 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 Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support	no data	1

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	no data	+
FreeSync	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
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.

RX 550 Mobile 6.93
+74.6%

FirePro W4100 3.97

Radeon RX 550 Mobile outperforms FirePro W4100 by 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 550 Mobile 3645
+119%

FirePro W4100 1665

Radeon RX 550 Mobile outperforms FirePro W4100 by 119% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 550 Mobile 23050
+82.1%

FirePro W4100 12657

Radeon RX 550 Mobile outperforms FirePro W4100 by 82% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	16 +23.1%	13 −23.1%
4K	5−6 +66.7%	3 −66.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8	no data
Battlefield 5	20−22	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	16−18	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Hitman 3	12	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35	no data
Metro Exodus	18−20	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	28	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8	no data
Battlefield 5	20−22	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	16−18	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Hitman 3	6	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35	no data
Metro Exodus	18−20	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	16−18	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	4	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	10−12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	12−14	no data
Hitman 3	10−12	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16	no data
Metro Exodus	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	no data
Hitman 3	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	4−5	no data
Forza Horizon 4	7−8	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8	no data
Metro Exodus	8−9	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	no data