AMD FirePro W2100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W2100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro W2100

NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W2100

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
Around 81% better floating-point performance: 435.2 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 869 vs 479
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 318 vs 141
Around 67% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3724 vs 2229
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1494 vs 999
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3257
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1494 vs 999
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3257

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 August 2014 vs 1 October 2012
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Floating-point performance	435.2 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	869 vs 479
PassMark - G2D Mark	318 vs 141
Geekbench - OpenCL	3724 vs 2229
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1494 vs 999
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3257
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1494 vs 999
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3257

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

26.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 400 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 400 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2333 vs 2329
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2333 vs 2329

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W2100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

869

479

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

318

141

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3724

2229

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1494

999

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2329

2333

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3257

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1494

999

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2329

2333

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3257

Name	AMD FirePro W2100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
PassMark - G3D Mark	869	479
PassMark - G2D Mark	318	141
Geekbench - OpenCL	3724	2229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1494	999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2329	2333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	3257
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1494	999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2329	2333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	3257
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1058

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W2100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF117
Launch date	12 August 2014	1 October 2012
Place in performance rating	1210	1212
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	680 MHz
Core clock speed	630 MHz
Floating-point performance	435.2 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	96
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	2
Dual-link DVI support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0
Form factor	Low Profile / Half Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	n / a	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus