FirePro W4100 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Place in performance ranking	535	654
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.63	0.17
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GK106	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	9 October 2012 (11 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$251 (1.7x MSRP)	$916

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 650 Ti has 271% better value for money than FirePro W4100.

Detailed specifications

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	768	512
CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	928 MHz	630 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.2 billion/sec	20.16
Floating-point performance	1,425 gflops	645.1 gflops

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	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	171 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	low profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.4 GB/s	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI	4x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 Displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Dual-link DVI support	no data	1
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	no data	+
3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	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.

GTX 650 Ti 6.52
+64.6%

FirePro W4100 3.96

GeForce GTX 650 Ti outperforms FirePro W4100 by 65% 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%

GTX 650 Ti 2524
+64.9%

FirePro W4100 1531

GeForce GTX 650 Ti outperforms FirePro W4100 by 65% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 650 Ti 3430
+106%

FirePro W4100 1665

GeForce GTX 650 Ti outperforms FirePro W4100 by 106% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 650 Ti 7896
+43.1%

FirePro W4100 5516

GeForce GTX 650 Ti outperforms FirePro W4100 by 43% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.