AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 914 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 402 vs 216
  • Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10216 vs 9543
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 438.581 vs 373.644
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 46.988 vs 39.412
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 June 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 914 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 402 vs 216
Geekbench - OpenCL 10216 vs 9543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 438.581 vs 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 46.988 vs 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.235 vs 139.158

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • Around 15% better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 1,248 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2586 vs 1832
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.396 vs 30.848
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.54 vs 2.268
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 3241
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 3241
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 44.96 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops vs 1,248 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2586 vs 1832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396 vs 30.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54 vs 2.268
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 vs 3241
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 vs 3241
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
2586
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
402
216
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10216
9543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.848
42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
438.581
373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.268
2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46.988
39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
139.235
139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3241
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3241
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3358
Name AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1832 2586
PassMark - G2D Mark 402 216
Geekbench - OpenCL 10216 9543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.848 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 438.581 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.268 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 46.988 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.235 139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3241 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3241 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell
Code name Lexa GM107
Launch date 12 June 2017 13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Place in performance rating 815 863
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 925 MHz 914 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 640
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s 44.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 1,870 million
CUDA cores 640

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 56 GB / s 32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI