FirePro W4100 vs GeForce GTX 850M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 850M with FirePro W4100, including specs and performance data.

GTX 850M
2014
2 GB DDR3, 45 Watt
6.54
+65.6%

GTX 850M outperforms W4100 by an impressive 66% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking582707
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.995.44
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Cape Verde
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)13 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 cores640512
Core clock speedUp to 936 MHz630 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate36.0820.16
Floating-point processing power1.155 TFLOPS0.6451 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4032

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 2.0, PCI Express 3.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data171 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datalow profile / half length
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3 or GDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/s72 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 outputs4x mini-DisplayPort
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
Dual-link DVI support-+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
Ansel+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
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.

GTX 850M 6.54
+65.6%
FirePro W4100 3.95

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.

GTX 850M 2518
+65.4%
FirePro W4100 1522

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.

GTX 850M 3086
+85.3%
FirePro W4100 1665

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.

GTX 850M 21873
+72.8%
FirePro W4100 12657

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.

GTX 850M 9728
+77.6%
FirePro W4100 5478

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 850M 8686
+33.2%
FirePro W4100 6520

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.

GTX 850M 42
+108%
FirePro W4100 20

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:

900p84
+68%
50−55
−68%
Full HD32
+100%
16
−100%
4K10
+233%
3
−233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Fortnite 35−40
+76.2%
21−24
−76.2%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+64.7%
16−18
−64.7%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+43.8%
16−18
−43.8%
Valorant 65−70
+32.7%
50−55
−32.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 99
+47.8%
65−70
−47.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Dota 2 45−50
+44.1%
30−35
−44.1%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Fortnite 35−40
+76.2%
21−24
−76.2%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+64.7%
16−18
−64.7%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Grand Theft Auto V 20
+66.7%
12−14
−66.7%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+43.8%
16−18
−43.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+200%
7
−200%
Valorant 65−70
+32.7%
50−55
−32.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Dota 2 45−50
+44.1%
30−35
−44.1%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+64.7%
16−18
−64.7%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+43.8%
16−18
−43.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+0%
10−12
+0%
Valorant 65−70
+32.7%
50−55
−32.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 35−40
+76.2%
21−24
−76.2%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 45−50
+67.9%
27−30
−67.9%
Grand Theft Auto V 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+37%
27−30
−37%
Valorant 65−70
+76.9%
35−40
−76.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Valorant 30−35
+63.2%
18−20
−63.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Dota 2 21−24
+83.3%
12−14
−83.3%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

This is how GTX 850M and FirePro W4100 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 850M is 68% faster in 900p
  • GTX 850M is 100% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 850M is 233% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 850M is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 850M is ahead in 60 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.54 3.95
Recency 12 March 2014 13 August 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 850M has a 65.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

FirePro W4100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months.

The GeForce GTX 850M is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W4100 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 850M is a notebook card while FirePro W4100 is a workstation one.

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