FirePro W8100 vs Radeon Pro 450

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W8100 and Radeon Pro 450. 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 Pro 450. 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.

Radeon Pro 450 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 450 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon Pro 450 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W8100 Radeon Pro 450
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W8100 has 528% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • FirePro W8100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 450 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W8100 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • FirePro W8100 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 450 - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro W8100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro 450 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 24 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • FirePro W8100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 450 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 450 is 80 MHz higher, than FirePro W8100.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 157% more, than Radeon Pro 450.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8100 Radeon Pro 450
Architecture GCN 2.0 Polaris
Code name Hawaii Polaris 11
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 23 June 2014 27 October 2016
Pipelines 2560 640
Core clock speed 824 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 6,200 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 131.8 32.00
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops 1,024 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 466 Mh/s 127 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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