NVS 4200M vs FirePro W4100

Place in performance ranking	654	1125
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.17	0.01
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	GF119
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years old)	22 February 2011 (13 years old)
Current price	$916	$229

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W4100 has 1600% better value for money than NVS 4200M.

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	512	48
Core clock speed	630 MHz	810 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.16	6.480
Floating-point performance	645.1 gflops	155.52 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro W4100 and NVS 4200M 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.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM
Length	171 mm	no data
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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	12.8 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	4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
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

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	no data	2.1

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.

FirePro W4100 3.94
+455%

NVS 4200M 0.71

FirePro W4100 outperforms NVS 4200M by 455% 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%

FirePro W4100 1526
+453%

NVS 4200M 276

FirePro W4100 outperforms NVS 4200M by 453% in Passmark.

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%

FirePro W4100 5471
+374%

NVS 4200M 1155

FirePro W4100 outperforms NVS 4200M by 374% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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:

Full HD	16 +23.1%	13 −23.1%
4K	3	0−1

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
+133%

3−4

−133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Hitman 3	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Hitman 3	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 +133%	3−4 −133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1

This is how FirePro W4100 and NVS 4200M compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

FirePro W4100 is 23.1% faster than NVS 4200M

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

in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the FirePro W4100 is 500% faster than the NVS 4200M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, FirePro W4100 surpassed NVS 4200M in all 25 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	3.94	0.71
Recency	2 October 2015	22 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt