FirePro W8100 vs Radeon HD 7850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W8100 and Radeon HD 7850. 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 7850. 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 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 2% more power consumption, than FirePro W8100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W8100 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro W8100 and Radeon HD 7850 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W8100 is 69 mm longer, than Radeon HD 7850.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 3800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−12
QHD / 1440p 16−18 5−6
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 24−27
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 88% more, than Radeon HD 7850.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8100 Radeon HD 7850
Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Hawaii Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 June 2014 5 March 2012
Pipelines 2560 1024
Core clock speed 824 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 6,200 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 131.8 55.04
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 279 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 466 Mh/s 249 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.5 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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