AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs AMD FirePro R5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and AMD FirePro R5000 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 5100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more texture fill rate: 121.6 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 1792 vs 768
  • 3.1x better floating-point performance: 3,892 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5582 vs 2647
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 625
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 November 2016 vs 25 February 2013
Texture fill rate 121.6 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 768
Floating-point performance 3,892 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5582 vs 2647
PassMark - G2D Mark 778 vs 625

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro R5000

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 713 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1691
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1565
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1691
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1565
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 713 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 vs 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 vs 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 1565

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: AMD FirePro R5000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5582
2647
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
778
625
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1691
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1565
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1691
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1565
3342
Name AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 AMD FirePro R5000
PassMark - G3D Mark 5582 2647
PassMark - G2D Mark 778 625
Geekbench - OpenCL 25596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 87.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1362.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 106.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 250.267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1691 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1565 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1691 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1565 3342

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 AMD FirePro R5000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Ellesmere Pitcairn
Launch date 18 November 2016 25 February 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $1,099
Place in performance rating 470 402
Price now $349.99
Type Workstation Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 19.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1086 MHz
Core clock speed 713 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,892 gflops 1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1792 768
Texture fill rate 121.6 GTexel / s 39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 279 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5