FirePro W4300 vs GeForce GTX 980

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W4300 and GeForce GTX 980. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W4300 and GeForce GTX 980. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro W4300 GeForce GTX 980
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 165 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
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  • GeForce GTX 980 has 230% more power consumption, than FirePro W4300.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W4300 and GeForce GTX 980 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4300 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and GeForce GTX 980 - with Maxwell.
  • FirePro W4300 and GeForce GTX 980 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W4300 is 161 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 980.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 5993 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 55−60
ultra / 1080p 8−9 35−40
QHD / 1440p 3−4 30−35
4K / 2160p 18−20
low / 720p 30−35 80−85
medium / 1080p 18−20 65−70
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than FirePro W4300.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4300 GeForce GTX 980
Architecture GCN 2.0 Maxwell
Code name Bonaire GM204
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 December 2015 19 September 2014
Pipelines 768 2048
Core clock speed 930 MHz
Boost Clock 1216 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 144 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 4,981 gflops
Length 171 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 224 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.3 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.54 kh/s
CUDA cores 2048
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 152 Mh/s 579 Mh/s
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.74 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.28 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 312.12 Sol/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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