FirePro W7100 vs Radeon R9 M270X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W7100 and Radeon R9 M270X, 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 R9 M270X, check out specs charts below.
FirePro W7100
Radeon R9 M270X

Main Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon R9 M270X
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
 
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W7100 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W7100 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M270X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W7100 is 195 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • FirePro W7100 and Radeon R9 M270X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7100 is 3875 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 6−7
ultra / 1080p 21−24 4−5
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 16−18
medium / 1080p 40−45 8−9
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon R9 M270X
Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tonga Venus
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 12 August 2014 21 March 2014
Pipelines 1792 640
Core clock speed 920 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 103.0 31.00
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 2.0 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 362 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +