NVIDIA Quadro P400 vs AMD FirePro W4100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P400 and AMD FirePro W4100 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 630 MHz
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 21.25 GTexel / s vs 20.16 GTexel / s
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 679.9 gflops vs 645.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1651 vs 1504
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.856 vs 15.65
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 84.489 vs 75.309
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2709 vs 1951
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 1620
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2709 vs 1951
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 1620
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2017 vs 13 August 2014
Core clock speed 1228 MHz vs 630 MHz
Texture fill rate 21.25 GTexel / s vs 20.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops vs 645.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 4012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1651 vs 1504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.856 vs 15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.489 vs 75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2709 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2709 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 1620

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4100

  • 2x more pipelines: 512 vs 256
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 453 vs 435
  • Around 78% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5447 vs 3053
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 538.848 vs 309.824
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.631 vs 1.38
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 31.533 vs 25.011
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3399 vs 2875
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3399 vs 2875
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 512 vs 256
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 453 vs 435
Geekbench - OpenCL 5447 vs 3053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 538.848 vs 309.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.631 vs 1.38
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.533 vs 25.011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3399 vs 2875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3399 vs 2875

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P400
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1651
1504
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
435
453
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3053
5447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.856
15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
309.824
538.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.38
1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.011
31.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.489
75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2709
1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2875
3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2709
1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2875
3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
1620
Name NVIDIA Quadro P400 AMD FirePro W4100
PassMark - G3D Mark 1651 1504
PassMark - G2D Mark 435 453
Geekbench - OpenCL 3053 5447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.856 15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 309.824 538.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.38 1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.011 31.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.489 75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2709 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2875 3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2709 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2875 3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 1620
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 617

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P400 AMD FirePro W4100

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Cape Verde
Launch date 7 February 2017 13 August 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $119.99
Place in performance rating 983 965
Price now $119.99
Type Workstation Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 18.70

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1252 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 630 MHz
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 645.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 256 512
Texture fill rate 21.25 GTexel / s 20.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort 4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 171 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 32.1 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4012 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Powerplay