AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 500 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Launch date 10 November 2016 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed 1188 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

  • 11.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 179.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2304
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 5,728 gflops
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.707 vs 10.152
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 179.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2048 vs 2304
Floating-point performance 2x 3,789 gflops vs 5,728 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.707 vs 10.152

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.152
17.707
Name AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 7847
PassMark - G2D Mark 804
Geekbench - OpenCL 38420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 115.834
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1987.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.152 17.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 105.263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 597.677
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3347

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Ellesmere New Zealand
Launch date 10 November 2016 31 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $899
Place in performance rating 326 328
Price now $539.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 19.25

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1243 MHz
Core clock speed 1188 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,728 gflops 2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 2x 2048
Texture fill rate 179.0 GTexel / s 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 500 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 292 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 3x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB / s 2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0