FirePro W5100 vs Radeon HD 7690M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 7690M, 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 Radeon HD 7690M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 7690M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7690M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 7690M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 7690M
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 20 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5/DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W5100 has 150% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • FirePro W5100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7690M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W5100 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • FirePro W5100 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7690M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7690M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 330 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • FirePro W5100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7690M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 2400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 2−3
ultra / 1080p 9−10 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 12−14
medium / 1080p 18−20 4−5
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon HD 7690M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 7690M
Architecture GCN 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name Bonaire Thames XT / XTX
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 31 March 2014 7 June 2011
Pipelines 768 480
Core clock speed 930 MHz 600 MHz
Boost Clock 725 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 17.40
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 696.0 gflops
Length 171 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 3600/1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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