NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs AMD FirePro W2100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and AMD FirePro W2100 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

AMD FirePro W2100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 630 MHz
2x more boost clock speed: 1379 MHz vs 680 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
2.4x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 435.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
20x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 12 August 2014
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 630 MHz
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 435.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W2100

Around 68% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1058 vs 629

Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1058 vs 629

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W2100

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

629

1058

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD FirePro W2100
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629	1058
PassMark - G3D Mark		856
PassMark - G2D Mark		314
Geekbench - OpenCL		3750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		50.338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	AMD FirePro W2100
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP108	Oland
Launch date	12 March 2018	12 August 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	1476	1185
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	680 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	630 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	435.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Low Profile / Half Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	n / a
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay