AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 34.0 billion / sec
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 512 vs 448
  • Around 15% better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1280 MB
  • 4.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.848 vs 27.93
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.235 vs 97.852
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3614
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3317
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3614
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3317
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 June 2017 vs 26 March 2010
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s vs 34.0 billion / sec
Pipelines 512 vs 448
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1280 MB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.848 vs 27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.235 vs 97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 vs 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 vs 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3107 vs 1832
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 402
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11010 vs 10229
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 980.005 vs 438.581
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.268 vs 2.268
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 47.309 vs 46.988
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3873 vs 3241
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3873 vs 3241
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 925 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3107 vs 1832
PassMark - G2D Mark 406 vs 402
Geekbench - OpenCL 11010 vs 10229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 980.005 vs 438.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.268 vs 2.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 47.309 vs 46.988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3873 vs 3241
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3873 vs 3241

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3107
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
402
406
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10229
11010
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.848
27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
438.581
980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.268
3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46.988
47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
139.235
97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3241
3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3241
3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3317
Name AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
PassMark - G3D Mark 1832 3107
PassMark - G2D Mark 402 406
Geekbench - OpenCL 10229 11010
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.848 27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 438.581 980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.268 3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 46.988 47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.235 97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3241 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3241 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3317
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Fermi
Code name Lexa GF100
Launch date 12 June 2017 26 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $149 $349
Place in performance rating 804 802
Type Workstation Desktop
Price now $522.01
Value for money (0-100) 6.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz
Core clock speed 925 MHz 1215 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 448
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s 34.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 3,100 million
CUDA cores 448
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None Two 6-pins
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1280 MB
Memory bandwidth 56 GB / s 133.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround