AMD FirePro W5100
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
AMD FirePro W5100
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

374
Place in performance rating
3
20.28
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 2.0
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2
Bonaire
Code name
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Workstation
Type
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31 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
8 December 2020 (less than a year ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$299
Price now
$2020 (2x MSRP)
4.26
Value for money
14.82
Bonaire
GPU code name
Navi 21
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

768
Pipelines
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930 MHz
Core clock speed
1825 MHz
2,080 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
44.64
Texture fill rate
720.0
1,428 gflops
Floating-point performance
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768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5120
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Boost clock speed
2250 MHz
2,080 million
Number of transistors
26,800 million
400 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
171 mm
Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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full height / half length
Form factor
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
512.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, the size and number of monitors.

4x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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HDMI
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1
StereoOutput3D
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1
Dual-link DVI support
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1
HD сomponent video output
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4
DisplayPort count
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro W5100 or AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W5100

Cheaper ($299 vs $2020 (2x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

81.1% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

So, AMD FirePro W5100 or AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT .

AMD FirePro W5100 versus AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD FirePro W5100
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT