GeForce2 MX vs FirePro W5100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking519not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.89no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameBonaireNV11 A2
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)28 June 2000 (24 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 cores768no data
Core clock speed930 MHz175 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million20 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate44.640.7
Floating-point processing power1.428 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs484

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 x16AGP 4x
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / 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 typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s2.656 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 DisplayPort1x VGA
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)7.0
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 W5100 3014
+150600%
GeForce2 MX 2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 March 2014 28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm

FirePro W5100 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5100 and GeForce2 MX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce2 MX is a desktop one.


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