GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs FirePro W8100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking294not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10079
Power efficiency5.93no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiiGA107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date23 June 2014 (10 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 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 cores25602048
Core clock speed824 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1155 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)220 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate131.873.92
Floating-point processing power4.219 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 3.0 x8
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s96 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 DisplayPort, 1x SDI1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 June 2014 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 30 Watt

FirePro W8100 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 633.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W8100 and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W8100 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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