Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM. Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Information on Quadro P4000 and FirePro W4170M compatibility with other computer components. Pipelines / CUDA coresĬompatibility, dimensions and requirements Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. If you're comparing two laptop GPUs, you may take this into account when choosing between the two since a cooler laptop generally runs faster for longer.General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Adequate cooling is essential for good performance.
If temperatures get too high (typically around 100☌ or 200☏), the GPU will lower its performance in order to prevent damage to the chip. This has an impact on system temperatures. TDP (Thermal Design Power) is a measurement of how much energy is lost as heat when a GPU is running. It measures how much data can be sent at one to and from the memory. The memory bus width doesn't directly impact performance but it affects the memory bandwidth. Memory bandwidth relates to the speed at which the GPU memory can be accessed, higher speed is better as the graphics card won't need to wait for memory access before rendering a frame to the screen. Too little memory may result in stuttering as the GPU tries to swap and fit everything in memory. Memory is important for high resolutions and high resolution textures in games, if you're gaming at 4K or even 8K lots of memory is required. A higher core clock speed may cause a higher TDP however. When thermals and power delivery allow, the GPU will raise its core clock to the boost clock for even more performance. Graphics card specificationsĬore Clock speed and Boost clock speed directly affect gaming performance, typically the higher the better. Our overall benchmark score measures CPU performance in gaming and compute scenarios. Use the table to the left to compare both GPUs, the advantages and disadvantages of each are shown. In terms of raw gaming performance in our GPU benchmark, the FirePro W4100 is better than the Quadro 2000. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but it's a good estimate. In addition, the FirePro W4100 has a slightly lower TDP at 50 W when compared to the Quadro 2000 at 62 W. If you're planning at playing games at high resolutions with high quality textures, you will need a lot of memory. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture.Īs stated by the manufacturer, the FirePro W4100 has significantly more memory with 2 GiB of memory compared to 1 GiB. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. In our comparison the FirePro W4100 has a slightly higher core clock speed. In our benchmarks the FirePro W4100 beats the Quadro 2000 in gaming performance.