AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 17.2x more texture fill rate: 179.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • 51.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7825 vs 151
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 801 vs 466
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 November 2016 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed 1188 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 179.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7825 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 801 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7825
151
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
801
466
Name AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 7825 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 801 466
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 X1950 CrossFire Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 R500
Code name Ellesmere R580+
Launch date 10 November 2016 10 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $799
Place in performance rating 329 331
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 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,728 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 2304
Texture fill rate 179.0 GTexel / s 10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 384 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 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 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR4
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0