CMP 90HX vs FirePro W9100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 301 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.94 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Hawaii | GA102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 26 March 2014 (11 years ago) | 28 July 2021 (3 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 | 2816 | 6400 |
| Core clock speed | 930 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1710 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 750 Watt | 320 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 163.7 | 342.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.238 TFLOPS | 21.89 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 80 |
| TMUs | 176 | 200 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 200 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 50 |
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 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 275 mm | 285 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 760.3 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
| HD сomponent video output | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
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 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 March 2014 | 28 July 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 10 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 750 Watt | 320 Watt |
FirePro W9100 has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount.
CMP 90HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 134.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W9100 and CMP 90HX. We've got no test results to judge.
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