AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 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).

AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1210 MHz
52.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12285 vs 236
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 731 vs 653

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 July 2017 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12285 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	731 vs 653

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 230 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 230 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12285

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

731

653

Name	AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	12285	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	731	653
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Curie
Code name	Vega 10	G71
Launch date	10 July 2017	24 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$2,799
Place in performance rating	205	207
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	4096
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR3