AMD FirePro W4100 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4100 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL 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 Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4100

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 300 MHz
8.4x more texture fill rate: 20.16 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 650 MHz
303.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 5
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 August 2014 vs 12 November 2002
Core clock speed	630 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.16 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

456

181

Name	AMD FirePro W4100	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	456	181
Geekbench - OpenCL	5489
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 Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kelvin
Code name	Cape Verde	NV28 A2
Launch date	13 August 2014	12 November 2002
Place in performance rating	966	963
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	630 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	645.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	20.16 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	36 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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay