AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 vs AMD Radeon E8950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 and AMD Radeon E8950 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date 12 June 2017 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,248 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 29.959
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 864.134
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 2.893
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 49.305
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 122.245
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 128.0 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 512
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops vs 1,248 gflops
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 66.837 vs 29.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1369.722 vs 864.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.633 vs 2.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 65.836 vs 49.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 326.391 vs 122.245

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8950

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.959
66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
864.134
1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.893
6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.305
65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
122.245
326.391
Name AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 AMD Radeon E8950
PassMark - G3D Mark 2576
PassMark - G2D Mark 431
Geekbench - OpenCL 10581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.959 66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 864.134 1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.893 6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.305 65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 122.245 326.391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3607
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3607
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 AMD Radeon E8950

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Lexa Amethyst
Launch date 12 June 2017 29 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 724 725
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 925 MHz 735 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 2048
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s 128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 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 96 GB / s 192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5