NVS 4200M vs FirePro W4100

Place in the ranking	695	1160
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.42	2.02
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	GF119
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	13 August 2014 (10 years ago)	22 February 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	48
Core clock speed	630 MHz	810 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.16	6.480
Floating-point processing power	0.6451 TFLOPS	0.1555 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	32	8

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM
Length	171 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	low profile / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	12.8 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	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 compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	2.1

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. 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 W4100 3.92
+437%

NVS 4200M 0.73

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 1514
+441%

NVS 4200M 280

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 5489
+375%

NVS 4200M 1155

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 HD

18
+38.5%

−38.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
+133%

3−4

−133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +475%	4−5 −475%
Hitman 3	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +145%	10−12 −145%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +38.7%	30−35 −38.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +475%	4−5 −475%
Hitman 3	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +145%	10−12 −145%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +38.7%	30−35 −38.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +475%	4−5 −475%
Hitman 3	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +145%	10−12 −145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +38.7%	30−35 −38.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +1100%	2−3 −1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
+167%

3−4

−167%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+150%

2−3

−150%

This is how FirePro W4100 and NVS 4200M compete in popular games:

FirePro W4100 is 38% faster in 1080p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the FirePro W4100 is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, FirePro W4100 surpassed NVS 4200M in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.92	0.73
Recency	13 August 2014	22 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt

FirePro W4100 has a 437% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 4200M, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 4200M in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W4100 is a workstation card while NVS 4200M is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.