FirePro W8100 vs Radeon HD 5830

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W8100 and Radeon HD 5830. 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 W8100 and Radeon HD 5830. 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.

Main Specs

  FirePro W8100 Radeon HD 5830
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W8100 has 25% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • FirePro W8100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5830 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W8100 has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 5830 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 24 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • FirePro W8100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5830 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5830 is 3 mm longer, than FirePro W8100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 1000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5830.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 8−9
ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 18−20
medium / 1080p 40−45 10−11
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Radeon HD 5830.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8100 Radeon HD 5830
Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Hawaii Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 June 2014 25 February 2010
Pipelines 2560 1120
Core clock speed 824 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 6,200 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 131.8 44.80
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops 1,792.0 gflops
Length 279 mm 282 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s 128.0 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) 466 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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