AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 videocard review

AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Radeon Pro WX 5100 videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 November 2016. At the time of release, the videocard cost $499. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Ellesmere.

Core clock speed - 713 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1086 MHz. Texture fill rate - 121.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1792. Floating-point performance - 3,892 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 5,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 160.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38572
5557
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
772
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
25596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
87.861 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1362.140 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
6.025 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
106.141 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
250.267 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
5579 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1691 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1565 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
5579.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1691.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1565.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 5557
PassMark - G2D Mark 772
Geekbench - OpenCL 25596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 87.861 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1362.140 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 6.025 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 106.141 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 250.267 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5579 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1691 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1565 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5579.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1691.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1565.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Ellesmere
Launch date 18 November 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 486
Price now $349.99
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 19.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1086 MHz
Core clock speed 713 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,892 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 1792
Texture fill rate 121.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5