AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X 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).

AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 723 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
4.1x better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12844 vs 3661
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 769 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 July 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12844 vs 3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	769 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

2.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12844

3661

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

769

417

Name	AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G3D Mark	12844	3661
PassMark - G2D Mark	769	417
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
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 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Vega 10	Amethyst
Launch date	10 July 2017	15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	196	272
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2048
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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