AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 Mobile and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 743 MHz
  • 15.1x more texture fill rate: 179.0 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
  • 7.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 320
  • 12x better floating-point performance: 5,728 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Launch date 1 March 2017 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed 1188 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate 179.0 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 320
Floating-point performance 5,728 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1656 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 Mobile
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Name AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 Mobile ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9309
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
PassMark - G3D Mark 660
PassMark - G2D Mark 397

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 Mobile ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale
Code name Ellesmere R600
Launch date 1 March 2017 14 May 2007
Place in performance rating 406 408
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1243 MHz
Core clock speed 1188 MHz 743 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,728 gflops 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 2304 320
Texture fill rate 179.0 GTexel / s 11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 720 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1656 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3