FirePro W7100 vs Radeon HD 6870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7100 and Radeon HD 6870. 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 W7100 and Radeon HD 6870. 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 W7100 Radeon HD 6870
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W7100 has 164% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • FirePro W7100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W7100 has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W7100 is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6870 - with Terascale 2.
  • FirePro W7100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W7100 is 21 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7100 is 3950 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 24−27
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon HD 6870.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7100 Radeon HD 6870
Architecture GCN 3.0 Terascale 2
Code name Tonga RV940 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 12 August 2014 22 October 2010
Pipelines 1792 1120
Core clock speed 920 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 103.0 50.40
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Length 241 mm 220 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 362 Mh/s 213 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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