AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 vs AMD Radeon R9 M385

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 and AMD Radeon R9 M385 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2543 vs 2061
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 424 vs 244
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3607 vs 3002
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3322
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3607 vs 3002
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3322
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 June 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2543 vs 2061
PassMark - G2D Mark 424 vs 244
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3607 vs 3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3607 vs 3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3322

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385

  • Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
  • Around 44% better floating-point performance: 1,792 gflops vs 1,248 gflops
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops vs 1,248 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M385

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2543
2061
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
424
244
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3607
3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3607
3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3322
Name AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 AMD Radeon R9 M385
PassMark - G3D Mark 2543 2061
PassMark - G2D Mark 424 244
Geekbench - OpenCL 10552
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
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 3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3607 3002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3322

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 AMD Radeon R9 M385

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Lexa Strato
Launch date 12 June 2017 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 728 729
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 925 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 1,792 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s 56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore