FirePro W4100 vs GRID K2

Place in performance ranking	512	654
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.97	0.17
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GK104	Cape Verde
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	11 May 2013 (10 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,199	no data
Current price	$9.89 (0x MSRP)	$916

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GRID K2 has 1059% better value for money than FirePro W4100.

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 cores	1536	512
Core clock speed	745 MHz	630 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	95.36	20.16
Floating-point performance	2x 2,289 gflops	645.1 gflops

Size and 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	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	171 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	low profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5 GB/s	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support	no data	1

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.175	1.2.131
CUDA	3.0	no data

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.

GRID K2 7.07
+79%

FirePro W4100 3.95

GRID K2 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 79% 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%

GRID K2 2736
+79.1%

FirePro W4100 1528

GRID K2 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 79% in Passmark.