AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM 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) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1201 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.305 vs 28.659
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 June 2017 vs 26 November 2015
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1201 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.305 vs 28.659

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
  • Around 97% better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 1,248 gflops
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 29.959
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 890.785 vs 864.134
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1176 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 76.86 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,460 gflops vs 1,248 gflops
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 76.687 vs 29.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 890.785 vs 864.134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.959
76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
864.134
890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.305
28.659
Name AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2515
PassMark - G2D Mark 415
Geekbench - OpenCL 9994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.959 76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 864.134 890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.305 28.659
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Lexa GM206
Launch date 12 June 2017 26 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 721 961
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 1201 MHz
Core clock speed 925 MHz 1176 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 1024
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s 76.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 2,940 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 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 112.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 7012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5