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.
| AMD FirePro W2100 | AMD FirePro W4100 | |||||||||||||
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| Codename | Mars | Cape Verde | ||||||||||||
| Architecture | GCN | GCN | ||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 320 - unified | 512 - unified | ||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 680 MHz | 630 MHz | ||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 4000 MHz | ||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit | ||||||||||||
| Memory Type | DDR3 | GDDR5 | ||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 2048 MB | 2048 MB | ||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12, Shader 5.0 | DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0 | ||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 26 Watt | 50 Watt | ||||||||||||
| technology | 28 nm | 28 nm | ||||||||||||
| Features | App Acceleration, PowerPlay, PowerTune, ZeroCore, PCI Express 3.0 x16, max. 2 Displays | App Acceleration, PowerPlay, PowerTune, ZeroCore, PCI Express 3.0 x16, max. 4 Displays | ||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 02.10.2015 | 02.10.2015 | ||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.amd.com | www.amd.com | ||||||||||||
| Transistors | 1.5 Billion |
Benchmarks
specvp11 snx-01 + AMD FirePro W2100
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD FirePro W2100
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD FirePro W2100
Average Benchmarks AMD FirePro W2100 → 100% n=26
Average Benchmarks AMD FirePro W4100 → 136% n=26
- 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
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
GRID: Autosport
2014Average 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 W2100 | AMD FirePro W4100 | |||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Anno 2205 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| The Witcher 3 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 17 | 7 | |||||||||
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | 35 | 21 | 12 | 50 | 33 | 18 | 17 | |||||||
| GRID: Autosport | 187 | 62 | 23 | 14 | 261 | 71 | 34 | 19 | ||||||
| AMD FirePro W2100 | AMD FirePro W4100 | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 1 1 | 3 1 | 3 | 2 | | 1 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 1 | 2 1 1 | 3 1 | 3 | | 1 |
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