FirePro W5100 vs Radeon R9 380X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5100 and Radeon R9 380X. 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 R9 380X. 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 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 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380X has 280% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon R9 380X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • FirePro W5100 and Radeon R9 380X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 380X is 50 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 5030 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 9−10 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than FirePro W5100.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon R9 380X
Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Bonaire Antigua
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 19 November 2015
Pipelines 768 2048
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 124.2
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 171 mm 221 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0 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) 163 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 full height / half length full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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