AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 713 MHz vs 600 MHz
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
3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 226 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 1 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5584 vs 676
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 509

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 November 2016 vs 18 April 2008
Core clock speed	713 MHz vs 600 MHz
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 226 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5584 vs 676
PassMark - G2D Mark	777 vs 509

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 121.6 GTexel / s
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4196 vs 1565
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4196 vs 1565

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 121.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4196 vs 1565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4196 vs 1565

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5584

676

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

777

509

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1565

4196

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1565

4196

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	5584	676
PassMark - G2D Mark	777	509
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	4196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1565	4196

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G92
Launch date	18 November 2016	18 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$2,999
Place in performance rating	470	467
Price now	$349.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	19.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1086 MHz
Core clock speed	713 MHz	600 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	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	226 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	754 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	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	2x 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3