FirePro V4900 vs FirePro W8100

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V4900 and FirePro W8100, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V4900 stacks up against FirePro W8100, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro V4900 FirePro W8100
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 220 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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  • FirePro W8100 has 193% more power consumption, than FirePro V4900.
  • FirePro V4900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and FirePro W8100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W8100 has 7 GB more memory, than FirePro V4900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V4900 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and FirePro W8100 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 24 MHz higher, than FirePro V4900.
  • FirePro V4900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and FirePro W8100 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W8100 is 116 mm longer, than FirePro V4900.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 1000 MHz higher, than FirePro V4900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 4−5 40−45
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 720% more, than FirePro V4900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V4900 FirePro W8100
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN 2.0
Code name Turks Hawaii
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 1 November 2011 23 June 2014
Pipelines 480 2560
Core clock speed 800 MHz 824 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 131.8
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 4,219 gflops
Length 163 mm 279 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 320 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 73 Mh/s 466 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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