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AMD FirePro W2100 vs AMD FirePro W4100

AMD FirePro W2100

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The AMD FirePro W2100 is a professional graphics card for entry-level workstation PCs. It is based on the Mars chip (GCN 1.0), that can also be found in mobile consumer cards like the Radeon R7 M360. The chip integrates 384 shader cores, but the FirePro W2100 only offers 320 that are clocked at up to 680 MHz. Furthermore, the graphics card includes 2 GB DDR3 memory clocked at 900 MHz (3600 effective) using a 128 Bit memory interface (28.8 GB/s).

The card is intended for professional applications like CAD or 3D construction and offers certified drivers. In 3D games, the performance is slightly faster than a mobile Radeon R5 M335 (see for more gaming tests). Therefore, games of 2015 may only run fluently in lowest settings.

The 320 shader cores can also be used by OpenCL for computational tasks (as 5 compute units).

The power consumption is rated at 26 Watt (TDP) and therefore quite low for desktop graphics cards.

AMD FirePro W4100

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The AMD FirePro W4100 is a professional graphics card for mid-range workstation PCs. It is based on the Cape Verde chip (GCN 1.0), that can also be found in mobile consumer cards like the Radeon R9 M370X. The chip integrates 640 shader cores, but the FirePro W4100 only offers 512 that are clocked at up to 630 MHz. Furthermore, the graphics card includes 2 GB GDDR5 memory clocked at 1000 MHz (4000 effective) using a 128 Bit memory interface (64 GB/s).

The card is intended for professional applications like CAD or 3D construction and offers certified drivers. Compared to mobile FirePro graphics cards, the W4100 is very similar to the W4170M. In 3D games, the performance is similar to a Nvidia GeForce 940M. 

The 512 shader cores can also be used by OpenCL for computational tasks (as 8 compute units).

The power consumption is rated at 50 Watt (TDP) and therefore quite low for desktop graphics cards.

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AMD FirePro W2100AMD FirePro W4100
FirePro W (Desktop) Series
FirePro W4100 512 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
FirePro W2100 320 @ 0.68 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
FirePro W4100 512 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
FirePro W2100 320 @ 0.68 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameMarsCape Verde
ArchitectureGCNGCN
Pipelines320 - unified512 - unified
Core Speed680 MHz630 MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz4000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB2048 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 12, Shader 5.0DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0
Power Consumption26 Watt50 Watt
technology28 nm28 nm
FeaturesApp Acceleration, PowerPlay, PowerTune, ZeroCore, PCI Express 3.0 x16, max. 2 DisplaysApp Acceleration, PowerPlay, PowerTune, ZeroCore, PCI Express 3.0 x16, max. 4 Displays
Date of Announcement02.10.2015 02.10.2015
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.comwww.amd.com
Transistors1.5 Billion

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
6550 Points (7%)
8881 Points (9%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
7771 Points (2%)
12657 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
1036 Points (2%)
1594 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
1085 Points (1%)
1665 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
93853 Points (11%)
120776 Points (14%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
14.9 fps (5%)
20.1 fps (7%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
11.3 fps (5%)
16.5 fps (7%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
24.7 fps (15%)
specvp11 snx-01 + AMD FirePro W4100
26.8 fps (16%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
20.5 fps (12%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + AMD FirePro W4100
23.3 fps (13%)
specvp11 sw-02 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
42.9 fps (33%)
specvp11 sw-02 + AMD FirePro W4100
44.6 fps (34%)
specvp11 proe-05 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
8.8 fps (10%)
specvp11 proe-05 + AMD FirePro W4100
8.9 fps (10%)
specvp11 maya-03 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
54 fps (41%)
specvp11 maya-03 + AMD FirePro W4100
64.7 fps (49%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
64.4 fps (69%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + AMD FirePro W4100
68.4 fps (73%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
18.6 fps (9%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + AMD FirePro W4100
20.5 fps (10%)
specvp11 catia-03 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
25.9 fps (14%)
specvp11 catia-03 + AMD FirePro W4100
28.8 fps (15%)
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
31.6 fps (8%)
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD FirePro W4100
37.5 fps (9%)
specvp12 snx-02 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
17.5 fps (3%)
specvp12 snx-02 + AMD FirePro W4100
25.9 fps (4%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
8.4 fps (2%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + AMD FirePro W4100
12.8 fps (3%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
3.7 fps (1%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + AMD FirePro W4100
5 fps (1%)
specvp12 maya-04 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
13.7 fps (4%)
specvp12 maya-04 + AMD FirePro W4100
20.5 fps (6%)
specvp12 energy-01 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
0.3 fps (0%)
specvp12 energy-01 + AMD FirePro W4100
0.4 fps (0%)
specvp12 creo-01 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
17.4 fps (7%)
specvp12 creo-01 + AMD FirePro W4100
20.8 fps (8%)
specvp12 catia-04 + AMD FirePro W2100
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
14.3 fps (2%)
specvp12 catia-04 + AMD FirePro W4100
19.1 fps (3%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W2100
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
35.4 fps (2%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W4100
54.3 fps (3%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
137 Samples/s (1%)
262 Samples/s (1%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
243 Samples/s (0%)
478 Samples/s (1%)

Average Benchmarks AMD FirePro W2100 → 100% n=26

Average Benchmarks AMD FirePro W4100 → 136% n=26

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Anno 2205

Anno 2205

2015
low 1024x768
100%
FirePro W2100:
23  fps
165%
FirePro W4100:
38  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
FirePro W2100:
15  fps
127%
FirePro W4100:
19  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
FirePro W2100:
7  fps
143%
FirePro W4100:
10  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
FirePro W2100:
3  fps
167%
FirePro W4100:
5  fps
4K 3840x2160
100%
FirePro W2100:
2  fps
150%
FirePro W4100:
3  fps
The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3

2015
low 1024x768
100%
FirePro W2100:
17  fps
147%
FirePro W4100:
25  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
FirePro W2100:
10  fps
170%
FirePro W4100:
17  fps
high 1920x1080
FirePro W4100:
7  fps
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

2014
low 1280x720
100%
FirePro W2100:
35  fps
143%
FirePro W4100:
50  fps
med. 1344x756
100%
FirePro W2100:
21  fps
157%
FirePro W4100:
33  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
FirePro W2100:
12  fps
150%
FirePro W4100:
18  fps
ultra 1920x1080
FirePro W4100:
17  fps
GRID: Autosport

GRID: Autosport

2014
low 1024x768
100%
FirePro W2100:
187  fps
140%
FirePro W4100:
261  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
FirePro W2100:
62  fps
115%
FirePro W4100:
71  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
FirePro W2100:
23  fps
148%
FirePro W4100:
34  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
FirePro W2100:
14  fps
136%
FirePro W4100:
19  fps

Average Gaming AMD FirePro W2100 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming AMD FirePro W4100 → 147%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 153%

AMD FirePro W2100lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Anno 22052315732
The Witcher 31710
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor352112
GRID: Autosport187622314
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AMD FirePro W4100lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Anno 220538191053
The Witcher 325177
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor50331817
GRID: Autosport261713419
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