FirePro W7100 vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7100 and Radeon R7 Carrizo. 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 W7100 and Radeon R7 Carrizo. 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 R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo 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 R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W7100 has 3233% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • FirePro W7100 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W7100 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • FirePro W7100 and Radeon R7 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 2−3
ultra / 1080p 21−24 0−1
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 12−14
medium / 1080p 40−45 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 571% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Tonga Carrizo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 12 August 2014 4 June 2015
Pipelines 1792 512
Core clock speed 920 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 103.0
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (12_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 6.3
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 362 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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