GeForce RTX 2060 vs FirePro W2100

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Aggregate performance score

FirePro W2100
2015
2 GB DDR3, 26 Watt
2.34

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms FirePro W2100 by a whopping 1464% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking813119
Place by popularitynot in top-10034
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.4021.04
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameMarsTuring TU106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date2 October 2015 (8 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349
Current price$123 $397 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 has 5160% 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 cores3201920
Core clock speed680 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed680 MHz1620 MHz
Number of transistors950 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate13.60201.6
Floating-point performance435.2 gflopsno data

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC supportno data+
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+no data
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

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 W2100 2.34
RTX 2060 36.60
+1464%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms FirePro W2100 by 1464% based on our aggregated 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 W2100 903
RTX 2060 14148
+1467%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms FirePro W2100 by 1467% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FirePro W2100 1085
RTX 2060 19338
+1682%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms FirePro W2100 by 1682% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FirePro W2100 7771
RTX 2060 107083
+1278%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms FirePro W2100 by 1278% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

FirePro W2100 3712
RTX 2060 70908
+1810%

GeForce RTX 2060 outperforms FirePro W2100 by 1810% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD11
−991%
120
+991%
1440p4−5
−1700%
72
+1700%
4K2
−2500%
52
+2500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1180%
60−65
+1180%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−2967%
92
+2967%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−5133%
157
+5133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2020%
106
+2020%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1180%
60−65
+1180%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−1167%
114
+1167%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−4167%
128
+4167%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−1456%
140
+1456%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1417%
90−95
+1417%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1307%
211
+1307%
Metro Exodus 0−1 144
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−2080%
109
+2080%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−1027%
120−130
+1027%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−4950%
101
+4950%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−2500%
78
+2500%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−4567%
140
+4567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2500%
130
+2500%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1180%
60−65
+1180%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−756%
75−80
+756%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−3067%
95
+3067%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−1356%
131
+1356%
Hitman 3 6−7
−700%
48
+700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1047%
172
+1047%
Metro Exodus 0−1 97
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−2000%
105
+2000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−309%
45
+309%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−2167%
136
+2167%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−4250%
87
+4250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1767%
56
+1767%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1320%
71
+1320%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1180%
60−65
+1180%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−678%
70
+678%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−1067%
105
+1067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−700%
120
+700%
Metro Exodus 0−1 88
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−1117%
73
+1117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−2150%
45
+2150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−1820%
96
+1820%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−1650%
70−75
+1650%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−4800%
98
+4800%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−3400%
35
+3400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1200%
65
+1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2700%
27−30
+2700%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2100%
65−70
+2100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−2433%
75−80
+2433%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−1171%
89
+1171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−2450%
50−55
+2450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 30

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 8−9
−638%
55−60
+638%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−2200%
45−50
+2200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2700%
28
+2700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2300%
24
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 41
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−2500%
52
+2500%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−740%
42
+740%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 17

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1167%
38
+1167%

This is how FirePro W2100 and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 is 991% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2060 is 1700% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2060 is 2500% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 is 5133% faster than the FirePro W2100.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2060 surpassed FirePro W2100 in all 51 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.34 36.60
Recency 2 October 2015 6 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 175 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W2100 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W2100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 2060 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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