FirePro W5100 vs Radeon HD 7850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 7850, 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 7850, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 350% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W5100 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 7850 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7850 is 39 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 4800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 18−20
ultra / 1080p 9−10 10−12
QHD / 1440p 4−5 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 35−40
medium / 1080p 18−20 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than FirePro W5100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 7850
Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Bonaire Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 5 March 2012
Pipelines 768 1024
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 55.04
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 171 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
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Design reference
CrossFire +
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Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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