FirePro W5100 vs Radeon HD 6970

In this comparison between FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 6970 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people FirePro W5100 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6970 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 1000% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W5100 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • FirePro W5100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6970 is 96 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 4625 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 18−20 18−20
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon HD 6970.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 6970
Architecture GCN 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name Bonaire Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 14 December 2010
Pipelines 768 1536
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 880 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 84.48
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 171 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
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) 163 Mh/s 273 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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