FirePro W4100 vs Radeon R9 290X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W4100 and Radeon R9 290X, 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 W4100 stacks up against Radeon R9 290X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W4100 Radeon R9 290X
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 290X has 400% more power consumption, than FirePro W4100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 290X has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W4100.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4100 and Radeon R9 290X are build with GCN architecture.
  • FirePro W4100 and Radeon R9 290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 290X is 104 mm longer, than FirePro W4100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4100 is 2750 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 290X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 377% more, than FirePro W4100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4100 Radeon R9 290X
Architecture GCN GCN
Code name Cape Verde Hawaii XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 24 October 2013
Pipelines 512 2816
Core clock speed 630 MHz
Boost Clock 947 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.16 176.0
Floating-point performance 645.1 gflops 5,632 gflops
Length 171 mm 275 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 320 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.76 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 79 Mh/s 623 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 25.75 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 350 Sol/s
Form factor low profile / half length
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration + +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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