AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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 PRO WX 3100

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 254 Watt
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4200 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2585 vs 2534
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 430 vs 373
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10571 vs 3977
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.893 vs 0.789

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 June 2017 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 254 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 4200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2585 vs 2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	430 vs 373
Geekbench - OpenCL	10571 vs 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.893 vs 0.789

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

6.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 39.01 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 2x 960 vs 512
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,248 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 39.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 960 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,248 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2585

2534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

430

373

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10571

3977

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.893

0.789

Name	AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2585	2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	430	373
Geekbench - OpenCL	10571	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	29.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	864.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.893	0.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	122.245
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 HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Lexa	Barts
Launch date	12 June 2017	19 September 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	722	727
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	2x 960
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5