Quadro P520 vs FirePro W2100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W2100 with Quadro P520, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W2100
2014
2 GB DDR3, 26 Watt
2.34

P520 outperforms W2100 by a whopping 132% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking848612
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.1720.68
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameOlandGP108
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date12 August 2014 (10 years ago)23 May 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores320384
Core clock speed630 MHz1303 MHz
Boost clock speed680 MHz1493 MHz
Number of transistors950 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate13.6035.83
Floating-point processing power0.4352 TFLOPS1.147 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2024

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s48.06 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DisplayPortNo outputs
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W2100 2.34
Quadro P520 5.43
+132%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro W2100 903
Quadro P520 2092
+132%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

FirePro W2100 1085
Quadro P520 3218
+197%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

FirePro W2100 7771
Quadro P520 19041
+145%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

FirePro W2100 3723
Quadro P520 7859
+111%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

FirePro W2100 4490
Quadro P520 7889
+75.7%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD12
−75%
21
+75%
4K2
−1050%
23
+1050%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−150%
14−16
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Hitman 3 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−78.9%
30−35
+78.9%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−72.7%
18−20
+72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−29.7%
45−50
+29.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−150%
14−16
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Hitman 3 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−78.9%
30−35
+78.9%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−72.7%
18−20
+72.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−29.7%
45−50
+29.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Hitman 3 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−78.9%
30−35
+78.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−72.7%
18−20
+72.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+18.2%
11
−18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−29.7%
45−50
+29.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Hitman 3 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−162%
30−35
+162%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 4−5
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how FirePro W2100 and Quadro P520 compete in popular games:

  • Quadro P520 is 75% faster in 1080p
  • Quadro P520 is 1050% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the FirePro W2100 is 18% faster.
  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro P520 is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • FirePro W2100 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Quadro P520 is ahead in 55 tests (83%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (15%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.34 5.43
Recency 12 August 2014 23 May 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 18 Watt

Quadro P520 has a 132.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P520 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W2100 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W2100 is a workstation card while Quadro P520 is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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