AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 880 MHz
  • 409.7x more texture fill rate: 34.62 GTexel/s vs 84.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 8.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 550 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1375 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 429
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.896 vs 18.676
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.503 vs 1.835
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 53.111 vs 52.219
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2019 vs 14 December 2010
Boost clock speed 1082 MHz vs 880 MHz
Texture fill rate 34.62 GTexel/s vs 84.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 550 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 vs 429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.896 vs 18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.503 vs 1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 53.111 vs 52.219

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2836 vs 2428
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 14535
  • Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 920.398 vs 486.804
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 273.175 vs 100.658
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5372 vs 2524
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3274
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5372 vs 2524
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3274
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2836 vs 2428
Geekbench - OpenCL 35739 vs 14535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 920.398 vs 486.804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 273.175 vs 100.658
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5372 vs 2524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5372 vs 2524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2428
2836
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
429
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14535
35739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.896
18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
486.804
920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.503
1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
53.111
52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
100.658
273.175
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2524
5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3274
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2524
5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3274
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3358
Name AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 AMD Radeon HD 6970
PassMark - G3D Mark 2428 2836
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 429
Geekbench - OpenCL 14535 35739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.896 18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 486.804 920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.503 1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 53.111 52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 100.658 273.175
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2524 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3274 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2524 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3274 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 AMD Radeon HD 6970

Essentials

Architecture Polaris TeraScale 3
Code name Lexa Cayman
Launch date 27 May 2019 14 December 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $199 $369
Place in performance rating 812 676
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Price now $94.99
Value for money (0-100) 48.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1082 MHz 880 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 86.56 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1,385 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1,385 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate 17.31 GPixel/s
Stream Processors 640
Texture fill rate 34.62 GTexel/s 84.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 550 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 2,640 million
Floating-point performance 2,703.4 gflops
Pipelines 1536

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height Half Height
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 6.6" (168 mm) 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 11
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
CrossFire