AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 850 MHz
9.6x more texture fill rate: 179.0 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
6.5x more pipelines: 2304 vs 352
9.6x better floating-point performance: 5,728 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
5.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7811 vs 1617
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 797 vs 458

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 November 2016 vs 25 May 2010
Core clock speed	1188 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	179.0 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	2304 vs 352
Floating-point performance	5,728 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7811 vs 1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	797 vs 458

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7811

1617

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

797

458

Name	AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G3D Mark	7811	1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	797	458
Geekbench - OpenCL	39388
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	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Fermi
Code name	Ellesmere	GF100
Launch date	10 November 2016	25 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	316	317
Price now	$539.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	19.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1243 MHz
Core clock speed	1188 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,728 gflops	598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2304	352
Texture fill rate	179.0 GTexel / s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI