FirePro W2100 vs GeForce GT 630M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 630M with FirePro W2100, including specs and performance data.

GT 630M
2012
1 GB DDR3\GDDR5, 33 Watt
1.40

W2100 outperforms GT 630M by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1006848
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.916.17
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGF108Oland
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)12 August 2014 (10 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 cores96320
Core clock speedUp to 800 MHz630 MHz
Boost clock speedno data680 MHz
Number of transistors585 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate10.5613.60
Floating-point processing power0.2534 TFLOPS0.4352 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs1620

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0PCIe 3.0
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datalow profile / half length
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3\GDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus widthUp to 128bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 32.0 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DisplayPort
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort countno data2
Dual-link DVI support-+

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-+
3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
DirectX 11.212 APIno data
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GT 630M 1.40
FirePro W2100 2.34
+67.1%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GT 630M 539
FirePro W2100 903
+67.5%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 630M 719
FirePro W2100 1085
+50.9%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GT 630M 5577
FirePro W2100 7771
+39.3%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GT 630M 2404
FirePro W2100 3723
+54.9%

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

GT 630M 10
FirePro W2100 15
+49%

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:

900p19
−57.9%
30−35
+57.9%
Full HD16
+33.3%
12
−33.3%
4K1−2
−100%
2
+100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Hitman 3 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−12.1%
35−40
+12.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Hitman 3 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+15.4%
12−14
−15.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−12.1%
35−40
+12.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Hitman 3 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−12.1%
35−40
+12.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−85.7%
12−14
+85.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

This is how GT 630M and FirePro W2100 compete in popular games:

  • FirePro W2100 is 58% faster in 900p
  • GT 630M is 33% faster in 1080p
  • FirePro W2100 is 100% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GT 630M is 15% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro W2100 is 267% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 630M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • FirePro W2100 is ahead in 42 tests (79%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.40 2.34
Recency 22 March 2012 12 August 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 26 Watt

FirePro W2100 has a 67.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 26.9% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W2100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 630M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 630M is a notebook card while FirePro W2100 is a workstation 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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