AMD FirePro W2100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

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Combined performance score

FX 4800
2.56
+9.9%

Quadro FX 4800 outperforms FirePro W2100 by 10% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking784808
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.090.38
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGT200BMars
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date11 November 2008 (15 years old)2 October 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,799 no data
Current price$632 (0.4x MSRP)$123
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W2100 has 322% better value for money than FX 4800.

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 cores192320
Core clock speed602 MHz680 MHz
Boost clock speedno data680 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate38.5313.60
Floating-point performance462.3 gflops435.2 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorno datalow profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 amount1536 MB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video2x 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
CUDA1.3no 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 4800 2.56
+9.9%
FirePro W2100 2.33

Quadro FX 4800 outperforms FirePro W2100 by 10% 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 4800 991
+9.7%
FirePro W2100 903

Quadro FX 4800 outperforms FirePro W2100 by 10% 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 HD12−14
+0%
12
+0%
4K2−3
+0%
2
+0%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.56 2.33
Recency 11 November 2008 2 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 26 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4800 and FirePro W2100. The differences in performance seem too small.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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