AMD FirePro W4100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4100 and NVIDIA GeForce 840A 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 20.16 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1529 vs 1180
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 481 vs 266
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3399 vs 2314
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3399 vs 2314
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 August 2014 vs 17 March 2014
Texture fill rate 20.16 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1529 vs 1180
PassMark - G2D Mark 481 vs 266
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3399 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3399 vs 2314

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 630 MHz
  • Around 34% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 645.1 gflops
  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5596 vs 5519
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2188 vs 1951
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3117 vs 1620
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2188 vs 1951
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3117 vs 1620
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 630 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 645.1 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5596 vs 5519
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2188 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3117 vs 1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2188 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3117 vs 1620

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1529
1180
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
481
266
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5519
5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1951
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3399
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1620
3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1951
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3399
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1620
3117
Name AMD FirePro W4100 NVIDIA GeForce 840A
PassMark - G3D Mark 1529 1180
PassMark - G2D Mark 481 266
Geekbench - OpenCL 5519 5596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 538.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.63
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1951 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3399 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1620 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3399 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1620 3117

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W4100 NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Cape Verde GM108
Launch date 13 August 2014 17 March 2014
Place in performance rating 954 955
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 630 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 645.1 gflops 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 20.16 GTexel / s 17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Low Profile / Half Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Powerplay