AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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 5100

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 713 MHz vs 669 MHz
2.8x more pipelines: 1792 vs 2x 320
4.5x better floating-point performance: 3,892 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 140 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5583 vs 822
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 779 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2016 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	713 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	1792 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5583 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	779 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 121.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 121.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5583

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

779

422

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	5583	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	779	422
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1565

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	RV670
Launch date	18 November 2016	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$349
Place in performance rating	470	344
Price now	$349.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	19.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1086 MHz
Core clock speed	713 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	2x 320
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3