RTX A5000 vs Radeon PRO WX 9100

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon PRO WX 9100 and RTX A5000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

PRO WX 9100
2017
16 GB HBM2, 230 Watt
29.59

RTX A5000 outperforms PRO WX 9100 by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking18947
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.87no data
Power efficiency9.4217.34
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date10 July 2017 (7 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores40968192
Core clock speed1200 MHz1170 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate384.0433.9
Floating-point processing power12.29 TFLOPS27.77 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs256256
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB24 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s768.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

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.

PRO WX 9100 29.59
RTX A5000 54.44
+84%

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 9100 12285
RTX A5000 22602
+84%

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 9100 66605
RTX A5000 154620
+132%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

PRO WX 9100 67893
RTX A5000 137479
+102%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 29.59 54.44
Recency 10 July 2017 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm

RTX A5000 has a 84% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon PRO WX 9100 in performance tests.

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