FirePro W4100 vs Radeon R7 260X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W4100 and Radeon R7 260X. 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 R7 260X. 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 R7 260X
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 260X has 130% more power consumption, than FirePro W4100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R7 260X has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W4100.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4100 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R7 260X - with GCN 2.0.
  • FirePro W4100 and Radeon R7 260X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W4100 is 1 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 16−18
ultra / 1080p 4−5 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
low / 720p 16−18 30−35
medium / 1080p 8−9 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 122% more, than FirePro W4100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4100 Radeon R7 260X
Architecture GCN GCN 2.0
Code name Cape Verde Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 8 October 2013
Pipelines 512 896
Core clock speed 630 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.16 61.60
Floating-point performance 645.1 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 171 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 104 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 79 Mh/s 225 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.16 Mh/s
Form factor low profile / half length
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
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