FirePro W2100 vs Tesla M2090

Place in performance ranking	430	809
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.52	0.39
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GF110	Mars
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	25 July 2011 (12 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	$1844	$123

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Tesla M2090 has 33% better value for money than FirePro W2100.

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	512	320
Core clock speed	651 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	680 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	26 Watt
Texture fill rate	41.66	13.60
Floating-point performance	1,331.2 gflops	435.2 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	248 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	low profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3696 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB/s	28.8 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	No outputs	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	no data	2
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 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.0	no data

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	45−50 +275%	12 −275%
4K	8−9 +300%	2 −300%

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	9.47	2.33
Recency	25 July 2011	2 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	26 Watt