AMD FirePro W9100
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
AMD FirePro W9100
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W9100 and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

179
Place in performance rating
558
4.11
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 2.0
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Hawaii
Code name
Lexa
Workstation
Type
Laptop
26 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$1694
Price now
$421
4.51
Value for money
3.25
Hawaii
GPU code name
Lexa
Workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W9100 and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2816
Pipelines
512
930 MHz
Core clock speed
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no data
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
750 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
163.7
Texture fill rate
33.47
5,238 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2816
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
6,200 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
750 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W9100 and AMD Radeon 540X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
275 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
full height / full length
Form factor
no data

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 W9100 and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W9100 and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+
1
StereoOutput3D
no data
1
Dual-link DVI support
no data
1
HD сomponent video output
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W9100 and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W9100 and AMD Radeon 540X 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 W9100 or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W9100
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W9100
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W9100
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W9100
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W9100
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
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 W9100

29.62% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2816 vs 512)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Cheaper ($421 vs $1694)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 750 Watt)

So, AMD FirePro W9100 or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W9100 .

AMD FirePro W9100 versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

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