GeForce GT 610 vs FirePro W5100

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Aggregate performance score

FirePro W5100
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.80
+875%

FirePro W5100 outperforms GeForce GT 610 by a whopping 875% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking4891108
Place by popularitynot in top-10097
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.100.01
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBonaireGF119
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)2 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$39.99
Current price$220 $98 (2.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W5100 has 30900% better value for money than GT 610.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores76848
CUDA coresno data48
Core clock speed930 MHz810 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data102 °C
Texture fill rate44.646.5 billion/sec
Floating-point performance1,428 gflops155.5 gflops

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 3.0PCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length171 mm5.7" (14.5 cm)
Heightno data2.7" (6.9 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1024 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s14.4 GB/s

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 DisplayPortDual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMIno data+
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
StereoOutput3D1no data
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data
HD сomponent video output1no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Rayno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 W5100 7.80
+875%
GT 610 0.80

FirePro W5100 outperforms GeForce GT 610 by 875% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro W5100 3014
+879%
GT 610 308

FirePro W5100 outperforms GeForce GT 610 by 879% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

FirePro W5100 12158
+849%
GT 610 1281

FirePro W5100 outperforms GeForce GT 610 by 849% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.80 0.80
Recency 31 March 2014 2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1024 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 29 Watt

The FirePro W5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 610 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 610 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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