AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 and AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM 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 7100

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7825 vs 5214
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 801 vs 658
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.834 vs 44.481
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.152 vs 8.536
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 597.677 vs 470.237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2016 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed	1188 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1243 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 375 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7825 vs 5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	801 vs 658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	115.834 vs 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1987.633 vs 1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.152 vs 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.677 vs 470.237

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

11.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 179.0 GTexel / s
Around 78% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2304
Around 43% better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 5,728 gflops
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.504 vs 105.263

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 179.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2304
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 5,728 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.504 vs 105.263

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7825

5214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

801

658

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

115.834

44.481

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1987.633

1984.655

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.152

8.536

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

105.263

125.504

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

597.677

470.237

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	7825	5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	801	658
Geekbench - OpenCL	38420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	115.834	44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1987.633	1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.152	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	105.263	125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.677	470.237
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 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Malta
Launch date	10 November 2016	24 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$999
Place in performance rating	329	332
Price now	$539.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	19.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1243 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1188 MHz	950 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,728 gflops	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	179.0 GTexel / s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	375 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	307 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-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 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0