Arc 7-Cores iGPU vs FirePro W4100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W4100 with Arc 7-Cores iGPU, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W4100
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.78

Arc 7-Cores iGPU outperforms W4100 by a whopping 336% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking704323
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.45no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Xe LPG (2023)
GPU code nameCape VerdeMeteor Lake iGPU
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 August 2014 (10 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year 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 cores5127
Core clock speed630 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate20.16no data
Floating-point processing power0.6451 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs32no data

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorlow profile / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth72 GB/sno data
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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPortno 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_2
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

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 W4100 3.78
Arc 7-Cores iGPU 16.47
+336%

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 W4100 1665
Arc 7-Cores iGPU 8449
+407%

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 W4100 12657
Arc 7-Cores iGPU 45644
+261%

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 HD17
−100%
34
+100%
4K3
−300%
12−14
+300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−800%
90
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−409%
55−60
+409%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−480%
58
+480%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−294%
70−75
+294%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
−667%
45−50
+667%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−215%
40−45
+215%
Valorant 9−10
−678%
70−75
+678%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−409%
55−60
+409%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−210%
31
+210%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Dota 2 12−14
−492%
71
+492%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−61.9%
34
+61.9%
Fortnite 21−24
−309%
90−95
+309%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−294%
70−75
+294%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
−667%
45−50
+667%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
−91.7%
23
+91.7%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−422%
45−50
+422%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−243%
120−130
+243%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−215%
40−45
+215%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−271%
52
+271%
Valorant 9−10
−678%
70−75
+678%
World of Tanks 65−70
−216%
210−220
+216%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−409%
55−60
+409%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−300%
40−45
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Dota 2 12−14
−450%
66
+450%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−66.7%
35
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−294%
70−75
+294%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−243%
120−130
+243%
Valorant 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
−307%
110−120
+307%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−400%
14−16
+400%
World of Tanks 27−30
−329%
120−130
+329%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−389%
40−45
+389%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−780%
40−45
+780%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Valorant 12−14
−317%
50−55
+317%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
−306%
65−70
+306%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−81.3%
27−30
+81.3%
Metro Exodus 0−1 12−14
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−309%
45−50
+309%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−81.3%
27−30
+81.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−467%
16−18
+467%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−300%
40−45
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Dota 2 16−18
−81.3%
27−30
+81.3%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−450%
21−24
+450%
Fortnite 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Valorant 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5 38
+0%
38
+0%
Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+0%
22
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Valorant 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
High Preset

Valorant 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

This is how FirePro W4100 and Arc 7-Cores iGPU compete in popular games:

  • Arc 7-Cores iGPU is 100% faster in 1080p
  • Arc 7-Cores iGPU is 300% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc 7-Cores iGPU is 1150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Arc 7-Cores iGPU is ahead in 39 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 12 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.78 16.47
Recency 13 August 2014 14 December 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Arc 7-Cores iGPU has a 335.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc 7-Cores iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W4100 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W4100 is a workstation card while Arc 7-Cores iGPU is a notebook one.


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