AMD FirePro W2100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking925805
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.080.38
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameN10E-GLM4Mars
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date20 December 2009 (14 years old)2 October 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$199 $123
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W2100 has 375% better value for money than FX 3800M.

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 cores128320
Core clock speed675 MHz680 MHz
Boost clock speedno data680 MHz
Number of transistors754 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate43.2013.60
Floating-point performance422.4 gflops435.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro FX 3800M and FirePro W2100 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datalow profile / half length
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort countno data2
Dual-link DVI supportno data1

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data+

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
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.

FX 3800M
1.51

FirePro W2100 outperforms Quadro FX 3800M by 54% in our combined 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%

FX 3800M 585
FirePro W2100 903
+54.4%

FirePro W2100 outperforms Quadro FX 3800M by 54% in Passmark.

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 HD34
+183%
12
−183%
4K1−2
−100%
2
+100%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 3−4
Battlefield 5 0−1 4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Hitman 3 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 3−4
Battlefield 5 0−1 4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Hitman 3 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 3−4
Battlefield 5 0−1 4−5
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Hitman 3 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 1−2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

This is how FX 3800M and FirePro W2100 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • FX 3800M is 183% faster than FirePro W2100

4K resolution:

  • FirePro W2100 is 100% faster than FX 3800M

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro W2100 is 200% faster than the FX 3800M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • FirePro W2100 is ahead in 26 tests (81%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (19%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.51 2.33
Recency 20 December 2009 2 October 2015
Memory bus width 256 128
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 28.8
Pipelines / CUDA cores 128 320
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 26 Watt

The FirePro W2100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3800M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3800M is a mobile workstation card while FirePro W2100 is a workstation one.


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