AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 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).

AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 713 MHz vs 500 MHz
6.1x more texture fill rate: 121.6 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
2.2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 800
4.9x better floating-point performance: 3,892 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5489 vs 763
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 772 vs 403
11.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 87.861 vs 7.457
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1362.14 vs 512.081
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5579 vs 1643
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5579 vs 1643

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2016 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	713 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 800
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5489 vs 763
PassMark - G2D Mark	772 vs 403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	87.861 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1362.14 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5579 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5579 vs 1643

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3314 vs 1691
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1565
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3314 vs 1691
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1565

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3314 vs 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3314 vs 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 1565

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5489

763

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

772

403

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.861

7.457

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1362.14

512.081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5579

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1691

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1565

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5579

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1691

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1565

3356

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark	5489	763
PassMark - G2D Mark	772	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	25596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	87.861	7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1362.14	512.081
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	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1691	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1565	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5579	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1691	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1565	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Ellesmere	Broadway
Launch date	18 November 2016	7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	477	848
Price now	$349.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	19.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1086 MHz
Core clock speed	713 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	800
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s	20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDMI 1.3a