GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs FirePro W5100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5100 with GeForce GTX 460 OEM, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W5100
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.82
+162%

W5100 outperforms GTX 460 OEM by a whopping 162% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking521780
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.721.36
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBonaireGF104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)11 October 2010 (14 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 cores768336
Core clock speed930 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate44.6436.40
Floating-point processing power1.428 TFLOPS0.8736 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4856

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 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length171 mm210 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz850 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s108.8 GB/s

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 DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.1

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.82 2.98
Recency 31 March 2014 11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt

FirePro W5100 has a 162.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 460 OEM is a desktop 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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