AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 and AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 896
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3718 vs 3182
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 586
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1123 vs 971
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2678 vs 1980
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1123 vs 971
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2678 vs 1980
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 November 2016 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed 1125 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate 76.86 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 896
Floating-point performance 2,460 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3718 vs 3182
PassMark - G2D Mark 656 vs 586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1123 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2678 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1123 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2678 vs 1980

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

  • Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Memory clock speed 6500 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3182
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
656
586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2678
1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2678
1980
Name AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 3718 3182
PassMark - G2D Mark 656 586
Geekbench - OpenCL 17774
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1123 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2678 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1123 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2678 1980

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Baffin Bonaire
Launch date 10 November 2016 21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 588 573
Price now $259.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 19.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1201 MHz
Core clock speed 1125 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,460 gflops 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 896
Texture fill rate 76.86 GTexel / s 61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 183 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 6500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5