FirePro W2100 vs V5900

Place in performance ranking	706	812
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.15	0.42
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Cayman	Mars
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	24 May 2011 (13 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	$89	$123

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro V5900 has 174% better value for money than FirePro W2100.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	320
Core clock speed	600 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	680 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	26 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	13.60
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops	435.2 gflops

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	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	230 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	low profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	28.8 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	1x DVI	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	no data	2
Dual-link DVI support	no data	1

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro V5900 3.27
+39.7%

FirePro W2100 2.34

V5900 outperforms W2100 by 40% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro V5900 1263
+39.9%

FirePro W2100 903

V5900 outperforms W2100 by 40% in Passmark.