AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 vs AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1018 MHz
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 2x 5,733 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
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12285 vs 8681

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 July 2017 vs 29 April 2014
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1018 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops vs 2x 5,733 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12285 vs 8681

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 295X2

5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 4096
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 752 vs 731

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 4096
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	752 vs 731

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 295X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12285

8681

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

731

752

Name	AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	12285	8681
PassMark - G2D Mark	731	752
Geekbench - OpenCL	66605
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
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Vesuvius
Launch date	10 July 2017	29 April 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$1,499
Place in performance rating	202	203
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Price now		$1,099.99
Value for money (0-100)		11.14
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	1018 MHz
Core clock speed	1200 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	2x 5,733 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	6,200 million
Stream Processors		5632
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	307 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	640 GB/s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)