FirePro W4100 vs W8000

Place in performance ranking	400	656
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.66	0.17
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Cape Verde
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	14 June 2012 (11 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	no data
Current price	$215 (0.1x MSRP)	$916

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W8000 has 3229% better value for money than FirePro W4100.

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 cores	1792	512
Core clock speed	900 MHz	630 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	100.8	20.16
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	645.1 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 support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	171 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	low profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	176 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	4x mini-DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D	1	no data
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	1

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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 W8000 10.58
+167%

FirePro W4100 3.96

W8000 outperforms W4100 by 167% based on our aggregated 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 W8000 4095
+167%

FirePro W4100 1531

W8000 outperforms W4100 by 167% in Passmark.