FirePro W5100 vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5100 and Radeon RX 550 mobile. 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 RX 550 mobile. 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.

Radeon RX 550 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 550 mobile 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 RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 50 Watt.
  • FirePro W5100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon RX 550 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • FirePro W5100 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 357 MHz higher, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 and Radeon RX 550 mobile is 6000 MHz.

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 RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than FirePro W5100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture GCN 2.0 Polaris
Code name Bonaire Polaris 12
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 31 March 2014 21 March 2017
Pipelines 768 640
Core clock speed 930 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1476 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 51.48
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 1,647 gflops
Length 171 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 96 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
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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