Radeon RX 7900 XT vs Pro WX 7100

Place in the ranking	265	13
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.57	37.49
Power efficiency	10.86	17.25
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	Navi 31
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	10 November 2016 (7 years ago)	3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$899

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XT has 395% better value for money than Pro WX 7100.

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 cores	2304	5376
Core clock speed	1188 MHz	1387 MHz
Boost clock speed	1243 MHz	2394 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	179.0	804.4
Floating-point processing power	5.728 TFLOPS	51.48 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	192
TMUs	144	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	276 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	20 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	800.0 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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

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.

Pro WX 7100 20.39

RX 7900 XT 74.75
+267%

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.

Pro WX 7100 7869

RX 7900 XT 28842
+267%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Pro WX 7100 38420

RX 7900 XT 185275
+382%

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 HD	55−60 −276%	207 +276%
1440p	35−40 −309%	143 +309%
4K	21−24 −314%	87 +314%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	14.53	4.34
1440p	22.83	6.29
4K	38.05	10.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

−618%

237
+618%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −240%	150−160 +240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −297%	130−140 +297%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −258%	240−250 +258%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −193%	120−130 +193%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −542%	212 +542%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −146%	110−120 +146%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −236%	180−190 +236%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −93.7%	240−250 +93.7%
Hitman 3	40−45 −223%	120−130 +223%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −173%	260−270 +173%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −118%	150−160 +118%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −124%	120−130 +124%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −371%	300−350 +371%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −64.5%	150−160 +64.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −240%	150−160 +240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −297%	130−140 +297%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −258%	240−250 +258%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −193%	120−130 +193%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −476%	190 +476%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −146%	110−120 +146%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −236%	180−190 +236%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −93.7%	240−250 +93.7%
Hitman 3	40−45 −223%	120−130 +223%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −173%	260−270 +173%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −118%	150−160 +118%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −124%	120−130 +124%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −624%	492 +624%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −252%	160−170 +252%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −64.5%	150−160 +64.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −240%	150−160 +240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −297%	130−140 +297%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −193%	120−130 +193%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −442%	179 +442%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −146%	110−120 +146%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −93.7%	240−250 +93.7%
Hitman 3	40−45 −223%	120−130 +223%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −257%	350 +257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −524%	424 +524%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −476%	265 +476%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −64.5%	150−160 +64.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

−124%

120−130
+124%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −326%	160−170 +326%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −261%	110−120 +261%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −324%	85−90 +324%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −411%	95−100 +411%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −257%	80−85 +257%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −917%	122 +917%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −250%	80−85 +250%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −138%	270−280 +138%
Hitman 3	24−27 −354%	100−110 +354%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −560%	277 +560%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −271%	141 +271%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −674%	325 +674%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −475%	130−140 +475%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −100%	240−250 +100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

−253%

120−130
+253%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 −340%	85−90 +340%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −331%	65−70 +331%
Hitman 3	16−18 −319%	65−70 +319%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −113%	220−230 +113%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −455%	120−130 +455%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −657%	159 +657%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −425%	60−65 +425%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −510%	60−65 +510%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −373%	50−55 +373%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1400%	60 +1400%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −386%	130−140 +386%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −652%	173 +652%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−367%

80−85
+367%

This is how Pro WX 7100 and RX 7900 XT compete in popular games:

RX 7900 XT is 276% faster in 1080p
RX 7900 XT is 309% faster in 1440p
RX 7900 XT is 314% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XT is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 7900 XT surpassed Pro WX 7100 in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.39	74.75
Recency	10 November 2016	3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	300 Watt

Pro WX 7100 has 130.8% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 XT, on the other hand, has a 266.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro WX 7100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 7100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.