GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs FirePro W2100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W2100 with GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W2100
2015
2 GB DDR3, 26 Watt
2.34

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms FirePro W2100 by a whopping 2310% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking81036
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.4243.70
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameMarsTuring TU102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date2 October 2015 (8 years ago)27 August 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999
Current price$123 $297 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2080 Ti has 10305% 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 cores3204352
Core clock speed680 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed680 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors950 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt270 Watt
Texture fill rate13.60420.2
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 data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 GB11 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit352 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s616.0 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 HDMI, 3x 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 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
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 2080 Ti 56.40
+2310%

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti outperforms FirePro W2100 by 2310% 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 W2100 903
RTX 2080 Ti 21779
+2312%

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti outperforms FirePro W2100 by 2312% 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 2080 Ti 20210
+1763%

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti outperforms FirePro W2100 by 1763% 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 2080 Ti 165122
+2025%

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti outperforms FirePro W2100 by 2025% 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 3706
RTX 2080 Ti 138802
+3645%

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti outperforms FirePro W2100 by 3645% 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 HD10
−1570%
167
+1570%
1440p4−5
−2850%
118
+2850%
4K2
−4500%
92
+4500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5 no data
Battlefield 5 3−4 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 no data
Far Cry 5 4−5 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 no data
Forza Horizon 4 9−10 no data
Hitman 3 5−6 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5 no data
Battlefield 5 3−4 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 no data
Far Cry 5 4−5 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 no data
Forza Horizon 4 9−10 no data
Hitman 3 5−6 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 no data
Far Cry 5 4−5 no data
Forza Horizon 4 9−10 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data
Far Cry 5 3−4 no data
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 no data
Hitman 3 7−8 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 no data
Far Cry 5 1−2 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3 no data
Metro Exodus 5−6 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
−2283%
2550−2600
+2283%
Metro Exodus 144
−2296%
3450−3500
+2296%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
−2263%
2150−2200
+2263%
Metro Exodus 125
−2300%
3000−3050
+2300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
−2275%
1900−1950
+2275%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 67
−2288%
1600−1650
+2288%
Metro Exodus 98
−2298%
2350−2400
+2298%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
−2283%
3550−3600
+2283%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 59
−2273%
1400−1450
+2273%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 61
−2277%
1450−1500
+2277%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
−2298%
2350−2400
+2298%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−2300%
600−650
+2300%
Forza Horizon 4 107
−2283%
2550−2600
+2283%

This is how FirePro W2100 and RTX 2080 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 1570% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 2850% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 4500% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.34 56.40
Recency 2 October 2015 27 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 11 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 270 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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 2080 Ti 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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