FirePro W8100 vs Radeon HD 5850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W8100 and Radeon HD 5850. 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 5850. 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 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 151 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 45% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • FirePro W8100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W8100 has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 99 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • FirePro W8100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W8100 is 38 mm longer, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 3000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 9−10
ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8100 Radeon HD 5850
Architecture GCN 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name Hawaii Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 June 2014 30 September 2009
Pipelines 2560 1440
Core clock speed 824 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 6,200 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 131.8 52.20
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 279 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 2000 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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