A2 PCIe vs FirePro W8100

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	378	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.61	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Hawaii	GA107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	23 June 2014 (12 years ago)	10 November 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	1280
Core clock speed	824 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	131.8	70.80
Floating-point processing power	4.219 TFLOPS	4.531 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	160	40
Tensor Cores	no data	40
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	10
L1 Cache	640 KB	1.3 MB
L2 Cache	1024 KB	2 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	279 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	200.1 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-
HD сomponent video output	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 June 2014	10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	60 Watt