GeForce GTX 1050 vs FirePro W7100

Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W7100 with GeForce GTX 1050, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W7100
2014
8 GB GDDR5, 400 Watt
15.02
+15.1%

W7100 outperforms GTX 1050 by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking348384
Place by popularitynot in top-10016
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data11.02
Power efficiency6.9312.05
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTongaGP107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 August 2014 (10 years ago)25 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores1792640
Core clock speed920 MHz1290 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1392 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate103.058.20
Floating-point processing power3.297 TFLOPS1.862 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs11240

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 3.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm145 mm
Heightno data4.38" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Recommended system power (PSU)no data300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLIno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s112 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 Connectors4x DisplayPortDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
HDCP-2.2
G-SYNC support-+
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GPU Boostno data3.0
VR Readyno data+
Ansel-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-+

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 W7100 15.02
+15.1%
GTX 1050 13.05

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 W7100 5794
+15.1%
GTX 1050 5036

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 W7100 24794
+41.9%
GTX 1050 17475

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 W7100 27256
+75.4%
GTX 1050 15537

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 HD45−50
+7.1%
42
−7.1%
1440p27−30
+12.5%
24
−12.5%
4K24−27
+4.3%
23
−4.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.60
1440pno data4.54
4Kno data4.74

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 38
+0%
38
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Battlefield 5 43
+0%
43
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 46
+0%
46
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 52
+0%
52
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 49
+0%
49
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Battlefield 5 35
+0%
35
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 16
+0%
16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35
+0%
35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 15
+0%
15
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 23
+0%
23
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 34
+0%
34
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 26
+0%
26
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 31
+0%
31
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+0%
20
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Metro Exodus 25
+0%
25
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
+0%
18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Hitman 3 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Metro Exodus 12
+0%
12
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+0%
15
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 11
+0%
11
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

This is how FirePro W7100 and GTX 1050 compete in popular games:

  • FirePro W7100 is 7% faster in 1080p
  • FirePro W7100 is 13% faster in 1440p
  • FirePro W7100 is 4% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.02 13.05
Recency 12 August 2014 25 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 75 Watt

FirePro W7100 has a 15.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1050, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W7100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W7100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1050 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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AMD FirePro W7100
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