AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD FirePro W2100

Compare AMD Radeon RX 550 4 GB vs AMD FirePro W2100, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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AMD FirePro W2100

Price

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$ 225.00

$ 75.00

$ 150.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

621 points

413% significantly better overall score

121 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

15 FPS

12 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

3 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

14 FPS

12 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

16 FPS

14 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

3 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

10 FPS

9 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

0 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

14002 points

216% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

4425 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

12342 points

203% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

4070 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

16237 points

261% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

4497 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1100 MHz

74% significantly higher core clock speed

630 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1183 MHz

73% significantly higher boost clock speed

680 MHz

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

128 Bit

Identical

128 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

112 GB/s

288% significantly higher memory bandwidth

28.8 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

50 W

26 W

92% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

18.93 Gigapixels/s

247% significantly higher pixel rate

5.44 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

37.86 Gigatexels/s

178% significantly higher texture rate

13.6 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

512

60% significantly more shading units

320

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

60% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

100% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

307th of 586

484th of 586

Family

The product line

Radeon RX 500 Series

FirePro

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 April

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.5

4.6

Radeon RX 550 vs FirePro W2100 specs and performance

For gaming, the Radeon RX 550 graphics card is better than the FirePro W2100 in our tests.

In our comparison, the Radeon RX 550 has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the Radeon RX 550 also has a significantly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the FirePro W2100 has a significantly lower TDP at 26 W when compared to the Radeon RX 550 at 50 W. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Radeon RX 550 over the FirePro W2100.