FirePro W5100 vs Radeon HD 7950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 7950. 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 W5100 and Radeon HD 7950. 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 W5100 Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 300% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W5100 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is 96 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 4750 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 9−10 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than FirePro W5100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Bonaire Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 31 January 2012
Pipelines 768 1792
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 89.60
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 171 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 240 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
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
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