Radeon Pro WX 3200 vs HD 8790M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8790M with Radeon Pro WX 3200, including specs and performance data.

HD 8790M
2013
2 GB GDDR5
3.38

Pro WX 3200 outperforms HD 8790M by an impressive 85% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking729575
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data12.32
Power efficiencyno data6.71
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameMarsPolaris 23
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)2 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores384640
Core clock speed850 MHz1082 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown65 Watt
Texture fill rate21.6034.62
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPS1.385 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2432

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno dataMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x 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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 8790M 3.38
Pro WX 3200 6.26
+85.2%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 8790M 1305
Pro WX 3200 2414
+85%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 8790M 2187
Pro WX 3200 4338
+98.4%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 8790M 9835
Pro WX 3200 12538
+27.5%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD 8790M 1727
Pro WX 3200 3156
+82.7%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 8790M 12049
Pro WX 3200 18866
+56.6%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD27
+50%
18
−50%
4K4−5
−100%
8
+100%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data11.06
4Kno data24.88

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−116%
40−45
+116%
Hitman 3 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−58.3%
35−40
+58.3%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−380%
24
+380%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−69.2%
21−24
+69.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−27.5%
50−55
+27.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−116%
40−45
+116%
Hitman 3 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−58.3%
35−40
+58.3%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−180%
14
+180%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−69.2%
21−24
+69.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−33.3%
20−22
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−27.5%
50−55
+27.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−116%
40−45
+116%
Hitman 3 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−58.3%
35−40
+58.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−69.2%
21−24
+69.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+50%
10
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−27.5%
50−55
+27.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 20−22
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−90.5%
40−45
+90.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5
+0%
5
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how HD 8790M and Pro WX 3200 compete in popular games:

  • HD 8790M is 50% faster in 1080p
  • Pro WX 3200 is 100% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 8790M is 50% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro WX 3200 is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 8790M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • Pro WX 3200 is ahead in 61 test (87%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.38 6.26
Recency 1 April 2013 2 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

Pro WX 3200 has a 85.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro WX 3200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8790M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8790M is a notebook card while Radeon Pro WX 3200 is a workstation one.


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