NVIDIA Quadro K4200 vs AMD FirePro W5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4200 and AMD FirePro W5100 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 87.81 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
  • Around 75% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 768
  • Around 48% better floating-point performance: 2,107 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4340 vs 2978
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12321 vs 11724
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6373 vs 4397
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6373 vs 4397
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 July 2014 vs 31 March 2014
Texture fill rate 87.81 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,107 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4340 vs 2978
Geekbench - OpenCL 12321 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6373 vs 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6373 vs 4397

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 771 MHz
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 108 Watt
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5400 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 498
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 35.15 vs 33.016
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 838.518 vs 736.063
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.199 vs 2.73
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.354 vs 31.588
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 163.258 vs 70.194
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 3382
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3311
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 3382
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3311
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 930 MHz vs 771 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 108 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 5400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 531 vs 498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 35.15 vs 33.016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 838.518 vs 736.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.199 vs 2.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.354 vs 31.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 163.258 vs 70.194
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 3382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4200
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4340
2978
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
498
531
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12321
11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.016
35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
736.063
838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.73
3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.588
57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
70.194
163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6373
4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3382
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3311
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6373
4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3382
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3311
3356
Name NVIDIA Quadro K4200 AMD FirePro W5100
PassMark - G3D Mark 4340 2978
PassMark - G2D Mark 498 531
Geekbench - OpenCL 12321 11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.016 35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 736.063 838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.73 3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.588 57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 70.194 163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6373 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3382 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3311 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6373 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3382 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3311 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K4200 AMD FirePro W5100

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 2.0
Code name GK104 Bonaire
Launch date 22 July 2014 31 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $854.99
Place in performance rating 681 627
Price now $446.99
Type Workstation Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 11.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 784 MHz
Core clock speed 771 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,107 gflops 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1344 768
Texture fill rate 87.81 GTexel / s 44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Half Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 172.8 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5