NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs AMD FirePro W4100

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking654not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.16no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code nameCape VerdeNB8P-GLM
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date2 October 2015 (8 years old)1 June 2007 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$149.90
Current price$916 $212 (1.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores51232
Core clock speed630 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate20.1610.00
Floating-point performance645.1 gflops80 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro W4100 and Quadro FX 1600M 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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-HE
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s25.6 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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Dual-link DVI support1no data

Technologies

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

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API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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
+1065%
FX 1600M 131

FirePro W4100 outperforms Quadro FX 1600M by 1065% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 2 October 2015 1 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm

We couldn't decide between FirePro W4100 and Quadro FX 1600M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W4100 is a workstation card while Quadro FX 1600M is a mobile workstation one.


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