AMD FirePro W5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 W5100

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
124.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2986 vs 24
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 265

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2014 vs 22 December 2003
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2986 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 265

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2986

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

265

Name	AMD FirePro W5100	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
PassMark - G3D Mark	2986	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	265
Geekbench - OpenCL	12176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5100	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Bonaire	MCP51
Launch date	31 March 2014	22 December 2003
Place in performance rating	637	640
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	11 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Half Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5