AMD FirePro W4100 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4100 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 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).

AMD FirePro W4100

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4100

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 32 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 400 MHz
188x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1504 vs 8
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 453 vs 190

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 August 2014 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	630 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1504 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	453 vs 190

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

39.7x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 20.16 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 20.16 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

453

190

Name	AMD FirePro W4100	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	1504	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	453	190
Geekbench - OpenCL	5447
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)	1.631
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1620

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4100	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Cape Verde	NV34 B1
Launch date	13 August 2014	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	965	963
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	630 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	645.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	20.16 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	45 million
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	AGP 8x
Length	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay