Radeon Pro WX 8100 vs RX 470

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking255not rated
Place by popularity49not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.61no data
Power efficiency12.61no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameEllesmereVega 10
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)3 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

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 cores20483584
Core clock speed926 MHz1200 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate154.4336.0
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS10.75 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128224

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 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s512.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort6x mini-DisplayPort
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.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 3 December 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 230 Watt

RX 470 has 91.7% lower power consumption.

Pro WX 8100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470 and Radeon Pro WX 8100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 470 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro WX 8100 is a workstation one.


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