AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M 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 Quadro FX 370M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 713 MHz vs 550 MHz
55.3x more texture fill rate: 121.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
224x more pipelines: 1792 vs 8
173.8x better floating-point performance: 3,892 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
59.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5560 vs 93
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 334

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2016 vs 15 August 2008
Core clock speed	713 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 8
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5560 vs 93
PassMark - G2D Mark	774 vs 334

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5560

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

334

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M
PassMark - G3D Mark	5560	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	774	334
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 Quadro FX 370M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G98
Launch date	18 November 2016	15 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	483	486
Price now	$349.99
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	19.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1086 MHz
Core clock speed	713 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,892 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1792	8
Texture fill rate	121.6 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0