CMP 90HX vs FirePro W4100
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 767 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.50 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Cape Verde | GA102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 August 2014 (11 years ago) | 28 July 2021 (4 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 | 512 | 6400 |
| Core clock speed | 630 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1710 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 320 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.16 | 342.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6451 TFLOPS | 21.89 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 80 |
| TMUs | 32 | 200 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 200 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 50 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 6.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 5 MB |
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 | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x4 |
| Length | 171 mm | 285 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | low profile / half length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 760.3 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 August 2014 | 28 July 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 10 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 320 Watt |
FirePro W4100 has 540% lower power consumption.
CMP 90HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W4100 and CMP 90HX. We've got no test results to judge.
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