AMD FirePro W8100
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
AMD FirePro W8100
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

195
Place in performance rating
119
6.68
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 2.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Hawaii
Code name
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Workstation
Type
Laptop
23 June 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
$686
Price now
$1326
10.39
Value for money
7.81
Hawaii
GPU code name
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Workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
2560
824 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
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Boost Clock
1038 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
2x 5200 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
220 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
162 Watt
131.8
Texture fill rate
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4,219 gflops
Floating-point performance
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2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
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Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
6,200 million
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
750 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
162 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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279 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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full height / full length
Form factor
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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 GTX 970M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 6 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 192 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
+
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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BatteryBoost
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI 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 GTX 970M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W8100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
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

Cheaper ($686 vs $1326)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2x 6 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI

18.51% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (162 Watt vs 220 Watt)

So, AMD FirePro W8100 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI .

AMD FirePro W8100 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

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