FirePro W4100 vs Radeon R9 380X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W4100 and Radeon R9 380X, 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 380X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W4100 Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
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 380X has 280% more power consumption, than FirePro W4100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 380X has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W4100.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4100 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • FirePro W4100 and Radeon R9 380X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 380X is 50 mm longer, than FirePro W4100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4100 is 3030 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than FirePro W4100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4100 Radeon R9 380X
Architecture GCN GCN 3.0
Code name Cape Verde Antigua
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 19 November 2015
Pipelines 512 2048
Core clock speed 630 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.16 124.2
Floating-point performance 645.1 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 171 mm 221 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 79 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor low profile / half length full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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