FirePro W4100 vs Radeon HD 5970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W4100 and Radeon HD 5970. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W4100 and Radeon HD 5970. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro W4100 Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5970 has 488% more power consumption, than FirePro W4100.
  • FirePro W4100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W4100 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4100 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 95 MHz higher, than FirePro W4100.
  • FirePro W4100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is 134 mm longer, than FirePro W4100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4100 and Radeon HD 5970 is 4000 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 10−12
ultra / 1080p 4−5 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 16−18 24−27
medium / 1080p 8−9 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 55% more, than FirePro W4100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4100 Radeon HD 5970
Architecture GCN TeraScale 2
Code name Cape Verde Hemlock
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 18 November 2009
Pipelines 512 1600
Core clock speed 630 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.16 58.00
Floating-point performance 645.1 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 171 mm 305 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 79 Mh/s
Form factor low profile / half length
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
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