AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q 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 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5560 vs 5203
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 311
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5579 vs 5460
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5579 vs 5460
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 November 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5560 vs 5203
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 vs 311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5579 vs 5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5579 vs 5460

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 713 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 1086 MHz
  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 121.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
  • Around 24% better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 3,892 gflops
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3526 vs 1691
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1565
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3526 vs 1691
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1565
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 930 MHz vs 713 MHz
Boost clock speed 1180 MHz vs 1086 MHz
Texture fill rate 151.0 GTexel / s vs 121.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1792
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops vs 3,892 gflops
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3526 vs 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3526 vs 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 1565

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5560
5203
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
774
311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5579
5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1691
3526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1565
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5579
5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1691
3526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1565
3350
Name AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 5560 5203
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 311
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 5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1691 3526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1565 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5579 5460
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1691 3526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1565 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Ellesmere GM204
Launch date 18 November 2016 30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 483 485
Price now $349.99
Type Workstation Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 19.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1086 MHz 1180 MHz
Core clock speed 713 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,892 gflops 4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1792 2048
Texture fill rate 121.6 GTexel / s 151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5