FirePro W5100 vs Radeon HD 7990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 7990. 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 7990. 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 7990
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 650% 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 7990.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7990 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 20 MHz higher, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 7990 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7990 is 136 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 7990 is 6000 MHz.

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 7990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than FirePro W5100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 7990
Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Bonaire Malta
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 24 April 2013
Pipelines 768 2048
Core clock speed 930 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 128.0
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Length 171 mm 307 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s 459 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 44 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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