AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 vs AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 and AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Instinct MI8

AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI8

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 713 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 256.0 GTexel / s vs 121.6 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1792
2.1x better floating-point performance: 8,192 gflops vs 3,892 gflops

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 713 MHz
Texture fill rate	256.0 GTexel / s vs 121.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	8,192 gflops vs 3,892 gflops

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 175 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI8
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Name	AMD Radeon Instinct MI8	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark		5552
PassMark - G2D Mark		772
Geekbench - OpenCL		25596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		87.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1362.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		106.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		250.267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1565

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI8	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Fiji	Ellesmere
Launch date	12 December 2016	18 November 2016
Place in performance rating	not rated	482
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		19.34
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	713 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,192 gflops	3,892 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	4096	1792
Texture fill rate	256.0 GTexel / s	121.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	5,700 million
Boost clock speed		1086 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	HBM	GDDR5