FirePro W5100 vs Radeon R7 260

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 260, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W5100 stacks up against Radeon R7 260, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon R7 260
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 260 has 130% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W5100 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 260 are build with GCN 2.0 architecture.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 260 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W5100 is 1 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 4375 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10 8−9
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 R7 260.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon R7 260
Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Bonaire Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 17 December 2013
Pipelines 768 768
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 48.00
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 171 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s 240 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
DDMA audio +
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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