AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 and NVIDIA GeForce 940A 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

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1124 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2543 vs 1107
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 424 vs 214

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 June 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2543 vs 1107
PassMark - G2D Mark	424 vs 214

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 65 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 925 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615 vs 3607
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615 vs 3607
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2543

1107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

424

214

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3607

3615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3607

3615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3361

Name	AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100	NVIDIA GeForce 940A
PassMark - G3D Mark	2543	1107
PassMark - G2D Mark	424	214
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	3615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3607	3615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100	NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Lexa	GM108
Launch date	12 June 2017	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	728	730
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1029 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	384
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3