AMD FirePro W8100
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD FirePro W8100
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

195
Place in performance rating
964
6.68
Value for money (0-100)
4.34
GCN 2.0
Architecture
Fermi 2.0
Hawaii
Code name
GF119
Workstation
Type
Desktop
23 June 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
13 April 2011 (10 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$59
$686
Price now
$62 (1.1x MSRP)
10.39
Value for money
0.11
Hawaii
GPU code name
GF119
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
48
824 MHz
Core clock speed
810 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
292 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
220 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
29 Watt
131.8
Texture fill rate
6.5 billion/sec
4,219 gflops
Floating-point performance
155.52 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
102 °C
no data
CUDA cores
48
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
6,200 million
Number of transistors
292 million
750 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
29 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
279 mm
Length
5.7" (14.5 cm)
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
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Height
2.7" (6.9 cm)
full height / full length
Form factor
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB (DDR3)
512 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
900 MHz (DDR3)
320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520, the size and number of monitors.

4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
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Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
no data
HDMI
+
1
StereoOutput3D
no data
1
Dual-link DVI support
no data
1
HD сomponent video output
no data
4
DisplayPort count
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 is the additional functionality.

no data
CUDA
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro W8100 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W8100

31.03% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 1 GB (DDR3))

More memory bandwidth (320 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Cheaper ($62 (1.1x MSRP) vs $686)

Less power consumption (29 Watt vs 220 Watt)

So, AMD FirePro W8100 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W8100 .

AMD FirePro W8100 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD FirePro W8100
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