FirePro W5100 vs Radeon R7 260X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 260X. 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 W5100 and Radeon R7 260X. 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 W5100 Radeon R7 260X
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 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 260X has 130% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 260X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 260X are build with GCN 2.0 architecture.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 260X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W5100 is 1 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 16−18
ultra / 1080p 9−10 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 18−20 20−22
FirePro W5100 and Radeon R7 260X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon R7 260X
Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Bonaire Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 8 October 2013
Pipelines 768 896
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 61.60
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 171 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 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 225 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.16 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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