AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
12.2x more texture fill rate: 121.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
56x more pipelines: 1792 vs 32
48.7x better floating-point performance: 3,892 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
20.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5558 vs 270
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 328

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2016 vs 13 March 2008
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 32
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5558 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark	773 vs 328

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 713 MHz
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 75 Watt

Core clock speed	1250 MHz vs 713 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5558

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

773

328

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	5558	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	773	328
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G84
Launch date	18 November 2016	13 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	486	485
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	1250 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1792	32
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	289 million
CUDA cores		32
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	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2?, GDDR3
Shared memory		0