FirePro W7100 vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W7100 and Radeon HD 6850 X2, 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 W7100 stacks up against Radeon HD 6850 X2, check out specs charts below.
FirePro W7100
Radeon HD 6850 X2

Main Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
 
  • FirePro W7100 has 57% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • FirePro W7100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W7100 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W7100 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W7100 is 120 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • FirePro W7100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7100 is 800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
ultra / 1080p 21−24 7−8
QHD / 1440p 16−18 2−3
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 176% more, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Architecture GCN 3.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Tonga Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 12 August 2014 19 September 2011
Pipelines 1792 960
Core clock speed 920 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 103.0 38.40
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 362 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +