NVS 2100M vs FirePro W2100

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	809	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.39	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	Mars	GT218
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years old)	7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current price	$123	$142

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	320	16
Core clock speed	680 MHz	535 MHz
Boost clock speed	680 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	11 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.60	4.280
Floating-point performance	435.2 gflops	39.36 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro W2100 and NVS 2100M 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.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	low profile / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3	GDDR3, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	12.64 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	2x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	2	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration

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API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	no data	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	2 October 2015	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	11 Watt

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