FirePro V7900 SDI vs FirePro W4100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 699 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.39 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | Cape Verde | Cayman |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 August 2014 (10 years ago) | 24 May 2011 (13 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 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 630 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 2,640 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 224 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.16 | 58.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6451 TFLOPS | 1.856 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 80 |
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 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 171 mm | 279 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | low profile / half length | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 160 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 Connectors | 4x mini-DisplayPort | 4x SDI |
| StereoOutput3D | - | + |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 4 |
| 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 compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 August 2014 | 24 May 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 224 Watt |
FirePro W4100 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 348% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W4100 and FirePro V7900 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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