Radeon Pro WX 3200 vs HD 7970 X2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated578
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data12.41
Power efficiencyno data6.60
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameNew ZealandPolaris 23
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date31 August 2012 (12 years ago)2 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 $199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048640
Core clock speed925 MHz1082 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate118.434.62
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS1.385 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12832

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length292 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth264.0 GB/s64 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 August 2012 2 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 65 Watt

Pro WX 3200 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 669.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7970 X2 and Radeon Pro WX 3200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970 X2 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro WX 3200 is a workstation one.


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