FirePro W5100 vs Quadro FX 5800

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5100 and Quadro FX 5800. 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 W5100 and Quadro FX 5800. 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 W5100 Quadro FX 5800
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 189 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 278% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro FX 5800 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W5100 and Quadro FX 5800 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Quadro FX 5800 - with Tesla 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 320 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • FirePro W5100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro FX 5800 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is 96 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 4400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 3−4
ultra / 1080p 9−10 1−2
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 14−16
medium / 1080p 18−20 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Quadro FX 5800
Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Bonaire GT200B
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 31 March 2014 11 November 2008
Pipelines 768 240
Core clock speed 930 MHz 610 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 48.80
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 622.1 gflops
Length 171 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 6.3 4.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 1.3
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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