AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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 4100

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1201 MHz vs 775 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
4.7x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3641 vs 984
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17712 vs 5079
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5431 vs 1579
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5431 vs 1579

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2016 vs 1 March 2013
Core clock speed	1125 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3641 vs 984
Geekbench - OpenCL	17712 vs 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5431 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5431 vs 1579

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 634
Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1813 vs 1123
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3178 vs 2678
Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1813 vs 1123
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3178 vs 2678

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1813 vs 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3178 vs 2678
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1813 vs 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3178 vs 2678

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3641

984

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

634

768

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17712

5079

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5431

1579

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1123

1813

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2678

3178

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5431

1579

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1123

1813

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2678

3178

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3641	984
PassMark - G2D Mark	634	768
Geekbench - OpenCL	17712	5079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	830.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	82.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	225.985
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5431	1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1123	1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2678	3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5431	1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1123	1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2678	3178

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Baffin	Sun
Launch date	10 November 2016	1 March 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	623	625
Price now	$259.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	19.63
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz	775 MHz
Core clock speed	1125 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops	528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	384
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	16.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,040 million
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0