GPU Comparison

The AMD FirePro W7100 and NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell represent two generations of workstation graphics separated by more than a decade of architectural evolution. The data shows a decisive performance shift, with the newer NVIDIA part dominating the shared benchmark suite, though the older AMD card still holds its own in the context of its era.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The benchmark results are unambiguous in their verdict. Across the two tests both cards share, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell wins decisively. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA card scores 106,087 points against the AMD FirePro W7100's 24,182 points. That is a delta of -77.2% from the NVIDIA card's perspective, meaning the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell delivers roughly 4.4 times the raw compute performance in this workload. The gap in Geekbench Vulkan is similarly stark: NVIDIA scores 113,865, while AMD manages 27,529, a delta of -75.8%. The NVIDIA part again delivers over four times the performance.

The scale of this victory is worth contextualizing. The FirePro W7100's scores place it in the 71st percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell sits at the 70th percentile. Despite this near-identical percentile ranking, the absolute numbers tell a different story. The average benchmark score for the AMD card is 25,856, while the NVIDIA card averages 25,269. The percentile parity reflects a database that is heavily weighted toward older, slower parts; the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell's raw scores are far higher, but it is being compared against a much larger pool of modern, high-performance GPUs.

Looking at the nearest rivals for each card clarifies the picture. The FirePro W7100's closest competitor is the AMD FirePro D700, which scores 25,842, a delta of just 0.1%. The Radeon R9 M395X is 0.1% behind at 25,891, and the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is 0.5% behind at 25,740. These are all tightly clustered within a 0.6% performance band. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell, on the other hand, faces stiffer competition. Its closest rival is the RTX A5000 Mobile at 24,763, which it beats by 2%. The RX 6700M is 1.4% ahead at 25,633, and the Radeon Pro W5700 is 1.8% ahead at 25,726.

The head-to-head data is sparse, but the available tests are comprehensive enough to establish a clear hierarchy. The FirePro W7100's best showing comes in Vulkan, where it reaches 27,529, but that is still less than a quarter of the NVIDIA card's 113,865. The OpenCL result is even more lopsided. There is no benchmark in the shared set where the AMD card wins, and the head-to-head win count reflects this: 0 wins for AMD, 2 wins for NVIDIA.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous for compute-heavy workloads. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is 77.2% faster in OpenCL and 75.8% faster in Vulkan than the AMD FirePro W7100. If a workload relies on OpenCL or Vulkan compute, the choice is clear: the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is the superior card by a wide margin.

The FirePro W7100 does have a niche, though. Its benchmark scores are consistent with its 71st percentile ranking, and its average score of 25,856 is actually 2.3% higher than the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell's average of 25,269. This is a consequence of the NVIDIA card's broader benchmark suite, which includes older DirectX 9, 10, and 11 tests where its modern architecture may not scale as well. The FirePro W7100's performance is tightly grouped with contemporaries like the FirePro D700 and Radeon R9 M395X, all within 0.1% of each other.

For legacy application support, the FirePro W7100 offers DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.2.170, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4. The NVIDIA card's newer API support is a clear advantage for modern software. The AMD card's production status is end-of-life, whereas the NVIDIA card is active, which suggests ongoing driver support and availability for the newer part.

The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is the card to pick for anyone running modern compute workloads, especially those leveraging Vulkan or OpenCL. The FirePro W7100 is a legacy part that, while still functional, is outclassed by more than a factor of four in the shared benchmarks. The choice is not close when performance is the sole criterion.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell than the AMD FirePro W7100 in OpenCL?

A: The NVIDIA card scores 106,087 in Geekbench OpenCL, compared to 24,182 for the AMD card, a delta of -77.2% from the NVIDIA perspective. This means the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is roughly 4.4 times faster.

Q: Does the AMD FirePro W7100 win any of the shared benchmarks?

A: No. In the two head-to-head tests (Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan), the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell wins both. The wins count is 0 for AMD and 2 for NVIDIA.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each card, and how do they compare?

A: The AMD FirePro W7100 has an average benchmark score of 25,856, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has an average of 25,269. Despite the NVIDIA card's massive wins in the shared tests, its overall average is dragged down by a broader suite that includes older DirectX tests.

Q: Which cards are the closest rivals to the AMD FirePro W7100?

A: The nearest rivals are the AMD FirePro D700 (score 25,842, delta 0.1%), the AMD Radeon R9 M395X (score 25,891, delta -0.1%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile (score 25,740, delta 0.5%), and the AMD Radeon Pro W5700 (score 25,726, delta 0.5%). All are within 0.6% of the FirePro W7100's average score.

Q: What is the percentile ranking for each GPU?

A: The AMD FirePro W7100 is in the 71st percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is in the 70th percentile. This near-parity reflects the different composition of the GPU pool each card is measured against.

Q: Does the NVIDIA card support newer graphics APIs?

A: Yes. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the AMD FirePro W7100 supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.2.170. Both support OpenGL 4.6.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification field. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has a base clock of 982 MHz and a boost clock of 1957 MHz, while the AMD FirePro W7100 has no listed base or boost clock. Memory clocks also differ: the NVIDIA card runs at 1125 MHz (18 Gbps effective), while the AMD card runs at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective).

Memory capacity and type are major differentiators. The NVIDIA card has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD card has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding 160.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Despite the narrower bus, the NVIDIA card's newer memory technology delivers 80% more bandwidth.

Compute resources are dramatically different. The NVIDIA card has 4,352 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. The AMD card has 1,792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The NVIDIA card also includes 34 RT cores and 136 tensor cores, while the AMD card has none. Pixel rate is 93.94 GPixel/s for NVIDIA versus 29.44 GPixel/s for AMD. Texture rate is 266.2 GTexel/s for NVIDIA versus 103.0 GTexel/s for AMD. FP32 performance is 17.03 TFLOPS for NVIDIA versus 3.297 TFLOPS for AMD. FP16 is identical to FP32 on both cards (1:1 ratio).

Power and physical specifications also diverge sharply. The NVIDIA card has a 70 W TDP with no power connectors and a suggested PSU of 250 W. The AMD card has a 150 W TDP, requires a 1x 6-pin connector, and suggests a 450 W PSU. The NVIDIA card is dual-slot, measuring 167 mm (6.6 inches) in length, 69 mm (2.7 inches) in height, and 20 mm (0.8 inches) in width. The AMD card is single-slot, measuring 241 mm (9.5 inches) in length and 111 mm (4.4 inches) in height. The NVIDIA card connects via PCIe 5.0 x8, while the AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs are 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b on the NVIDIA card and 4x DisplayPort 1.2 on the AMD card.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two GPUs is the primary driver of their performance disparity. The AMD FirePro W7100 is built on the Tonga chip using GCN 3.0 architecture, fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC. The die size is 366 mm², containing 5,000 million transistors, for a transistor density of 13.7 million per mm². It belongs to the FirePro GCN (Wx100) generation and was released on 2014-08-11.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell uses the GB206 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The die size is 181 mm², containing 21,900 million transistors, for a transistor density of 121.0 million per mm². This is nearly nine times the transistor density of the AMD part. The NVIDIA card belongs to the Blackwell PRO W (x000) generation and was released on 2025-08-10.

The node advantage is compounded by the sheer transistor count. The NVIDIA chip packs 4.4 times more transistors into roughly half the die area. This allows for the inclusion of dedicated ray tracing cores (34) and tensor cores (136), neither of which exist on the GCN 3.0 part. The AMD card's architecture predates these specialized hardware units, relying entirely on its 1,792 shading units for all compute tasks.

The memory subsystem reflects the architectural evolution as well. The NVIDIA card uses GDDR7, which enables 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth from a 128-bit bus. The AMD card uses GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus but only achieves 160.0 GB/s. The newer memory standard and the increased capacity (16 GB vs 8 GB) give the NVIDIA card a significant advantage in bandwidth-intensive workloads.

The production statuses differ, with the AMD card marked as end-of-life and the NVIDIA card active. The AMD card's predecessor is FirePro Terascale, and its successor is Radeon Pro Polaris. The NVIDIA card's predecessor is Workstation Ada, and it has no successor listed. These architectural differences, process node, transistor density, compute resources, memory technology, and feature set, combine to explain the benchmark results. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is not just a faster card; it is a fundamentally different class of hardware.