AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 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).

AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 90% higher core clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 44% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2x 800
2.9x better floating-point performance: 5,728 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 250 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7885 vs 1132
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2016 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	1188 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	5,728 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7885 vs 1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 542

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 179.0 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 179.0 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7885

1132

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

542

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7885	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	542
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
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	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	R700
Launch date	10 November 2016	7 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$420
Place in performance rating	310	244
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	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,728 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	2x 800
Texture fill rate	179.0 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0