AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1086 MHz vs 925 MHz
• Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 121.6 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
• Around 3% better floating-point performance: 3,892 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
• 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
• 3.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1375 MHz
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 87.861 vs 84.413
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 106.141 vs 101.929

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

• Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
• Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 25596
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1390.592 vs 1362.14
• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.336 vs 6.025
• Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 250.267
• Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 5579
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 1691
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1565
• Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 5579
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 1691
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1565

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	25596 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	87.861 84.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1362.14 1390.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6.025 7.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	106.141 101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	250.267 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5579 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1691 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1565 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5579 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1691 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1565 3350

Compare specifications (specs)