FirePro W5100 vs FirePro W600

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5100 and FirePro W600, 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 FirePro W600, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 FirePro W600
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 6x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W600 has 50% 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 FirePro W600.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and FirePro W600 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 180 MHz higher, than FirePro W600.
  • FirePro W5100 and FirePro W600 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W5100 is 8 mm longer, than FirePro W600.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 2000 MHz higher, than FirePro W600.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 8−9
ultra / 1080p 9−10 5−6
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 18−20
medium / 1080p 18−20 10−11
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 90% more, than FirePro W600.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 FirePro W600
Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Bonaire Cape Verde
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 31 March 2014 13 June 2012
Pipelines 768 512
Core clock speed 930 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 24.00
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 768.0 gflops
Length 171 mm 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 64 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 94 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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