GK208 vs FirePro W4130M

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameMarsGK208
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release dateno datano data

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 cores384384
Core clock speed775 MHzno data
Boost clock speed825 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million1,020 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate19.80no data
ROPs88
TMUs2432

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
WidthMXM Moduleno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed4 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth64 GB/sno data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

Supported technologies

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

NVENC-No Support
PureVideo HDno dataVP5

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)3.0
Vulkan1.2.1701.2.175
CUDA-3.5

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between FirePro W4130M and GK208. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W4130M is a workstation graphics card while GK208 is a desktop one.


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

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AMD FirePro W4130M
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