FirePro W5100 vs Radeon RX 460

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5100 and Radeon RX 460, 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 RX 460, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon RX 460
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 460 has 50% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 460 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon RX 460 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 460 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 460 is 160 MHz higher, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 460 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W5100 is 1 mm longer, than Radeon RX 460.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 460 is 1000 MHz higher, than FirePro W5100.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 21−24
ultra / 1080p 9−10 12−14
QHD / 1440p 4−5 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 30−35 40−45
medium / 1080p 18−20 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than FirePro W5100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon RX 460
Architecture GCN 2.0 Polaris
Code name Bonaire Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 8 August 2016
Pipelines 768 896
Core clock speed 930 MHz 1090 MHz
Boost Clock 1200 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 67.20
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2,150 gflops
Length 171 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s 240 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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