FirePro S4000X vs FirePro M5100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 608 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | Venus | Venus |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 16 October 2013 (11 years ago) | 7 August 2014 (10 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 775 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 1,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 31.00 | 31.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.992 TFLOPS | 0.992 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 40 | 40 |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Form factor | no data | MXM-A |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 72 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 October 2013 | 7 August 2014 |
S4000X has an age advantage of 9 months.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M5100 and FirePro S4000X. We've got no test results to judge.
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