AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 475 MHz
40.5x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 74 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 950 MHz
61.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3641 vs 59
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 643 vs 274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2016 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	1125 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 74 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3641 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark	643 vs 274

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3641

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

643

274

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	3641	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	643	274
Geekbench - OpenCL	17689
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2678
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2678

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rankine
Code name	Baffin	NV38 A1
Launch date	10 November 2016	23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$499
Place in performance rating	611	609
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	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	74 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR