NVIDIA Quadro 400 vs AMD FirePro W2100

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking808not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.38no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameMarsGT216
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date2 October 2015 (8 years old)5 April 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$169
Current price$123 $217 (1.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores32048
Core clock speed680 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed680 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt32 Watt
Texture fill rate13.607.200
Floating-point performance435.2 gflops108 gflops

Size and 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 2.0 x16
Lengthno data163 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

Memory

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz1540 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s12.32 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPort
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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
+510%
Quadro 400 148

FirePro W2100 outperforms Quadro 400 by 510% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 2 October 2015 5 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 32 Watt

We couldn't decide between FirePro W2100 and Quadro 400. We've got no test results to judge.


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