FirePro W4100 vs Quadro RTX 4000

Place in performance ranking	100	656
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.61	0.17
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	TU104	Cape Verde
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	13 November 2018 (5 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	no data
Current price	$974 (1.1x MSRP)	$916

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4000 has 16141% better value for money than FirePro W4100.

Detailed specifications

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	2304	512
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	630 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,600 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	222.5	20.16
Floating-point performance	no data	645.1 gflops

Form factor & 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 support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	171 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	low profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	13000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	416.0 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

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	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support	no data	1

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.5	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	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.

RTX 4000 39.79
+905%

FirePro W4100 3.96

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 905% 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%

RTX 4000 15401
+906%

FirePro W4100 1531

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 906% 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%

RTX 4000 85482
+1450%

FirePro W4100 5516

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 1450% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 4000 80861
+1139%

FirePro W4100 6527

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms FirePro W4100 by 1139% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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	160−170 +900%	16 −900%
4K	30−35 +900%	3 −900%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.79	3.96
Recency	13 November 2018	2 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	50 Watt