NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q vs AMD FirePro W9100

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Combined performance score

FirePro W9100
20.53

GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q outperforms FirePro W9100 by 23% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking247194
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.939.39
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameHawaiiN18E-G1 MAX-Q TU106
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date26 March 2014 (10 years old)6 January 2019 (5 years old)
Current price$1566 $1680
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 Max-Q has 220% better value for money than FirePro W9100.

Technical specs

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 cores28161920
Core clock speed930 MHz975 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1185 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate163.7142.2
Floating-point performance5,238 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro W9100 and GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz11000 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s264.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-VideoNo outputs
G-SYNC supportno data+
StereoOutput3D1no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data
HD сomponent video output1no data

Technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API support

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 W9100 20.53
RTX 2060 Max-Q 25.29
+23.2%

GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q outperforms FirePro W9100 by 23% in our combined 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 W9100 7956
RTX 2060 Max-Q 9800
+23.2%

GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q outperforms FirePro W9100 by 23% in Passmark.

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 HD70−75
−31.4%
92
+31.4%
1440p35−40
−25.7%
44
+25.7%
4K30−35
−40%
42
+40%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 20.53 25.29
Recency 26 March 2014 6 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 65 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W9100 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W9100 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q is a notebook 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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