FirePro W8100 vs GeForce 840A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8100 and GeForce 840A, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W8100 stacks up against GeForce 840A, check out specs charts below.
FirePro W8100
GeForce 840A

Main Specs

  FirePro W8100 GeForce 840A
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
 
  • FirePro W8100 has 566% more power consumption, than GeForce 840A.
  • FirePro W8100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce 840A uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W8100 has 6 GB more memory, than GeForce 840A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and GeForce 840A - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 840A is 205 MHz higher, than FirePro W8100.
  • FirePro W8100 and GeForce 840A are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8100 is 2998 MHz higher, than GeForce 840A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 3−4
ultra / 1080p 21−24 2−3
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 14−16
medium / 1080p 40−45 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than GeForce 840A.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8100 GeForce 840A
Architecture GCN 2.0 Maxwell
Code name Hawaii GM108
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 June 2014 17 March 2014
Pipelines 2560 384
Core clock speed 824 MHz 1029 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 131.8 17.98
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops 863.2 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s 16.02 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 466 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +