AMD FirePro W4100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 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 Quadro FX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4100

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 400 MHz
6.3x more texture fill rate: 20.16 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 850 MHz
22x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1521 vs 69
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 460 vs 178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 August 2014 vs 22 July 2003
Core clock speed	630 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.16 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1521 vs 69
PassMark - G2D Mark	460 vs 178

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1521

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

460

178

Name	AMD FirePro W4100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1521	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	460	178
Geekbench - OpenCL	5478
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 Quadro FX 3000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Cape Verde	NV35
Launch date	13 August 2014	22 July 2003
Place in performance rating	966	963
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$203
Price now		$166.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	630 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	645.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	20.16 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay