FirePro W5100 vs GRID K520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5100 and GRID K520, 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 W5100 stacks up against GRID K520, check out specs charts below.
FirePro W5100
GRID K520

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 GRID K520
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • GRID K520 has 350% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W5100 and GRID K520 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and GRID K520 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 185 MHz higher, than GRID K520.
  • FirePro W5100 and GRID K520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • GRID K520 is 96 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 1000 MHz higher, than GRID K520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 16−18
ultra / 1080p 9−10 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 18−20 20−22
FirePro W5100 and GRID K520 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 GRID K520
Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Bonaire GK104
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 31 March 2014 23 July 2013
Pipelines 768 1536
Core clock speed 930 MHz 745 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 95.36
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2x 2,448 gflops
Length 171 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s 76 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +