Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 vs PRO WX 2100

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	613	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.95	no data
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 12	Tahiti
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	21 March 2018 (6 years ago)	31 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$343 (2.3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	1536
Core clock speed	no data	925 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,200 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	185 Watt
Texture fill rate	39.01	88.80
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops	2,842 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon PRO WX 2100 and Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	240.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 March 2018	31 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	185 Watt

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