AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 925 MHz
- Around 62% better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 2x 3,789 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 500 Watt
- 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Launch date | 10 July 2017 vs 31 August 2012 |
Core clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 925 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 12,288 gflops vs 2x 3,789 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 230 Watt vs 500 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 16 GB vs 2x 3 GB |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
- 5.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 384.0 GTexel / s
- 2.9x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1890 MHz
- Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.707 vs 17.305
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 384.0 GTexel / s |
Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 1890 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 17.707 vs 17.305 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 12844 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 769 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 64683 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 174.714 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 3924.968 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 17.305 | 17.707 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 175.219 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1226.861 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 13848 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3680 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3336 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 13848 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3680 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 5.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | Vega 10 | New Zealand |
Launch date | 10 July 2017 | 31 August 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,599 | $899 |
Place in performance rating | 196 | 321 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | 925 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 12,288 gflops | 2x 3,789 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 4096 | 2x 2048 |
Texture fill rate | 384.0 GTexel / s | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 230 Watt | 500 Watt |
Transistor count | 12,500 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | 292 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 3x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 2x 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB / s | 2x 264.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 2x 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1890 MHz | 5500 MHz |
Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |