Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs FirePro W8100
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro W8100 with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms W8100 by an impressive 52% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 364 | 256 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.70 | 54.58 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Hawaii | AD107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 23 June 2014 (11 years ago) | 26 February 2024 (2 years ago) |
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 | 2560 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 824 MHz | 1485 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2025 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 18,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 220 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 131.8 | 129.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.219 TFLOPS | 8.294 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 160 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 640 KB | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 12 MB |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 279 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 128.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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, 1x SDI | 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 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 16.29 | 24.81 |
| Recency | 23 June 2014 | 26 February 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 220 Watt | 35 Watt |
FirePro W8100 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 52% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 529% lower power consumption.
The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W8100 in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro W8100 is a workstation graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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