AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 121.6 GTexel / s vs 76.8 billion / sec
7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 2x 128
5.1x better floating-point performance: 3,892 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 197 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5558 vs 798
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 518

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2016 vs 18 March 2008
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s vs 76.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	1792 vs 2x 128
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 197 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5558 vs 798
PassMark - G2D Mark	773 vs 518

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 713 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3238 vs 1565
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3238 vs 1565

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 713 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238 vs 1565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238 vs 1565

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5558

798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

773

518

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1565

3238

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1565

3238

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	5558	798
PassMark - G2D Mark	773	518
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	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1565	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G92
Launch date	18 November 2016	18 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$599
Place in performance rating	486	488
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	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1792	2x 128
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	754 million
CUDA cores		256 (128 per GPU)
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI