GeForce RTX 3070 vs FirePro W4100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W4100 with GeForce RTX 3070, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W4100
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.41

RTX 3070 outperforms W4100 by a whopping 1362% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking70848
Place by popularitynot in top-10038
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data57.42
Power efficiency5.3917.91
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 August 2014 (10 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores5125888
Core clock speed630 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate20.16317.4
Floating-point processing power0.6451 TFLOPS20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs32184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length171 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
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 compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA-8.5
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

FirePro W4100 3.41
RTX 3070 49.87
+1362%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

FirePro W4100 1525
RTX 3070 22287
+1361%

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.

FirePro W4100 1665
RTX 3070 31020
+1763%

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.

FirePro W4100 12657
RTX 3070 154864
+1124%

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.

FirePro W4100 5476
RTX 3070 123479
+2155%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

FirePro W4100 6511
RTX 3070 120982
+1758%

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 HD16
−825%
148
+825%
1440p6−7
−1550%
99
+1550%
4K3
−2000%
63
+2000%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.37
1440pno data5.04
4Kno data7.92

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
−2822%
263
+2822%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−2069%
280−290
+2069%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−1738%
147
+1738%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
−2078%
196
+2078%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−964%
149
+964%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−2438%
330
+2438%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−1638%
139
+1638%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−1611%
154
+1611%
Fortnite 21−24
−1024%
230−240
+1024%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−1118%
200−210
+1118%
Forza Horizon 5 8−9
−1888%
159
+1888%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
−1006%
170−180
+1006%
Valorant 50−55
−465%
290−300
+465%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 9−10
−1156%
113
+1156%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−843%
132
+843%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−1877%
257
+1877%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 65−70
−315%
270−280
+315%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−1475%
126
+1475%
Dota 2 30−35
−291%
133
+291%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−1544%
148
+1544%
Fortnite 21−24
−1024%
230−240
+1024%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−1118%
200−210
+1118%
Forza Horizon 5 8−9
−1750%
148
+1750%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
−1058%
139
+1058%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−1614%
120
+1614%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
−1006%
170−180
+1006%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7
−3186%
230
+3186%
Valorant 50−55
−465%
290−300
+465%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−750%
119
+750%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−1175%
102
+1175%
Dota 2 30−35
−268%
125
+268%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−1467%
141
+1467%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−1118%
200−210
+1118%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
−1006%
170−180
+1006%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−1000%
121
+1000%
Valorant 50−55
−356%
237
+356%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 21−24
−1024%
230−240
+1024%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−3240%
167
+3240%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
−1275%
350−400
+1275%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
−3167%
98
+3167%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−3650%
75
+3650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
−503%
170−180
+503%
Valorant 35−40
−751%
300−350
+751%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1967%
62
+1967%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1686%
125
+1686%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−1778%
160−170
+1778%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−2160%
110−120
+2160%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 7−8
−2043%
150−160
+2043%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−1433%
45−50
+1433%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−631%
117
+631%
Valorant 18−20
−1516%
300−350
+1516%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2900%
30
+2900%
Dota 2 12−14
−942%
125
+942%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−1650%
70
+1650%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−2900%
120−130
+2900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−2225%
90−95
+2225%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 4−5
−1850%
75−80
+1850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 103
+0%
103
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 43
+0%
43
+0%
Metro Exodus 49
+0%
49
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+0%
90
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70
+0%
70
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

This is how FirePro W4100 and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is 825% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 is 1550% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 is 2000% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3070 is 3650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is ahead in 57 tests (90%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.41 49.87
Recency 13 August 2014 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 220 Watt

FirePro W4100 has 340% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070, on the other hand, has a 1362.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W4100 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W4100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3070 is a desktop one.

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AMD FirePro W4100
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