AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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 9100

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 2x 5,632 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 580 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 4 GB

Launch date	10 July 2017 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops vs 2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 580 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 4096
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.441 vs 17.305

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 4096
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441 vs 17.305

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.305

19.441

Name	AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
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	19.441
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 R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Hawaii
Launch date	10 July 2017	24 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$1,399
Place in performance rating	196	282
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5