GeForce RTX 2080 vs FirePro W5100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5100 with GeForce RTX 2080, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W5100
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.80

RTX 2080 outperforms FirePro W5100 by a whopping 524% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking49257
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.1226.29
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameBonaireTuring TU104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)27 August 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699
Current price$220 $426 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2080 has 743% better value for money than FirePro W5100.

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 cores7682944
Core clock speed930 MHz1515 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate44.64314.6
Floating-point performance1,428 gflopsno 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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length171 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC supportno data+
StereoOutput3D1no data
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data
HD сomponent video output1no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

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
RTX 2080 48.68
+524%

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms FirePro W5100 by 524% 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
RTX 2080 18801
+524%

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms FirePro W5100 by 524% 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 12159
RTX 2080 103441
+751%

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms FirePro W5100 by 751% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

FirePro W5100 13834
RTX 2080 102142
+638%

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms FirePro W5100 by 638% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD21−24
−590%
145
+590%
1440p16−18
−525%
100
+525%
4K10−12
−610%
71
+610%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−518%
550−600
+518%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 105
−519%
650−700
+519%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 98
−512%
600−650
+512%
Battlefield 5 194
−519%
1200−1250
+519%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 132
−506%
800−850
+506%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−518%
550−600
+518%
Far Cry 5 127
−491%
750−800
+491%
Far Cry New Dawn 165
−506%
1000−1050
+506%
Forza Horizon 4 156
−509%
950−1000
+509%
Hitman 3 135
−493%
800−850
+493%
Horizon Zero Dawn 246
−510%
1500−1550
+510%
Metro Exodus 144
−490%
850−900
+490%
Red Dead Redemption 2 109
−496%
650−700
+496%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 200−210
−516%
1250−1300
+516%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110
−491%
650−700
+491%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 91
−504%
550−600
+504%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 83
−502%
500−550
+502%
Battlefield 5 182
−504%
1100−1150
+504%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 117
−498%
700−750
+498%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−518%
550−600
+518%
Far Cry 5 102
−488%
600−650
+488%
Far Cry New Dawn 126
−495%
750−800
+495%
Forza Horizon 4 243
−517%
1500−1550
+517%
Hitman 3 107
−507%
650−700
+507%
Horizon Zero Dawn 254
−510%
1550−1600
+510%
Metro Exodus 123
−510%
750−800
+510%
Red Dead Redemption 2 102
−488%
600−650
+488%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 200−210
−516%
1250−1300
+516%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
−508%
1100−1150
+508%
Watch Dogs: Legion 243
−517%
1500−1550
+517%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68
−488%
400−450
+488%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
−516%
450−500
+516%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90
−511%
550−600
+511%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−518%
550−600
+518%
Far Cry 5 81
−517%
500−550
+517%
Forza Horizon 4 132
−506%
800−850
+506%
Horizon Zero Dawn 169
−521%
1050−1100
+521%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 200−210
−516%
1250−1300
+516%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 106
−513%
650−700
+513%
Watch Dogs: Legion 79
−470%
450−500
+470%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 99
−506%
600−650
+506%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 123
−510%
750−800
+510%
Far Cry New Dawn 138
−516%
850−900
+516%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 58
−503%
350−400
+503%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
−483%
350−400
+483%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 91
−504%
550−600
+504%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−505%
260−270
+505%
Far Cry 5 99
−506%
600−650
+506%
Forza Horizon 4 118
−493%
700−750
+493%
Hitman 3 80
−463%
450−500
+463%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
−520%
800−850
+520%
Metro Exodus 89
−518%
550−600
+518%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
−505%
750−800
+505%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
−484%
450−500
+484%
Watch Dogs: Legion 58
−503%
350−400
+503%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95
−479%
550−600
+479%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 66
−506%
400−450
+506%
Far Cry New Dawn 50
−500%
300−310
+500%
Hitman 3 48
−504%
290−300
+504%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−506%
400−450
+506%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 47
−517%
290−300
+517%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
−492%
450−500
+492%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41
−510%
250−260
+510%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 38
−505%
230−240
+505%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 38
−505%
230−240
+505%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−479%
110−120
+479%
Far Cry 5 39
−515%
240−250
+515%
Forza Horizon 4 81
−517%
500−550
+517%
Horizon Zero Dawn 76
−492%
450−500
+492%
Metro Exodus 62
−465%
350−400
+465%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35
−500%
210−220
+500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 59
−493%
350−400
+493%

This is how FirePro W5100 and RTX 2080 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is 590% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 is 525% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 is 610% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.80 48.68
Recency 31 March 2014 27 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 215 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2080 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5100 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 2080 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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