FirePro M3100 vs FirePro W5100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	588	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.10	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Bonaire	Mars
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	31 March 2014 (12 years ago)	no 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 cores	768	384
Core clock speed	930 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	700 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	44.64	16.80
Floating-point processing power	1.428 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	48	24
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	no data

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 3.0 x8
Length	171 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / 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	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	32 GB/s

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 DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-
HD сomponent video output	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.170

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount

4 GB

1 GB