AMD FirePro W2100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W2100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W2100

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 239
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.438 vs 9.947
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.991 vs 0.982
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.794 vs 18.773
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 50.338 vs 23.111
• Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 1913
• Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 1913
• 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1058 vs 414

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

• Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 680 MHz
• Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
• Around 50% better floating-point performance: 652.8 gflops vs 435.2 gflops
• 8.9x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 400 Watt
• Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1202 vs 856
• Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3802 vs 3750
• Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 340.824 vs 289.646
• Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2283 vs 1494
• Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3299 vs 2329
• Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2283 vs 1494
• Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3299 vs 2329

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W2100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	856 1202
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	314 239
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	3750 3802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.438 9.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	289.646 340.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.991 0.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	19.794 18.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	50.338 23.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1494 2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2329 3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3346 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1494 2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2329 3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3346 1913
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1058 414

Compare specifications (specs)