Radeon HD 8670A vs PRO WX 9100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 219 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.98 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.73 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | Sun |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 10 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 2 February 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,599 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 4096 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 384.0 | 12.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.29 TFLOPS | 0.384 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 256 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 128 KB |
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 | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no data |
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 | HBM2 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 945 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 16 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 (1.2) |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 July 2017 | 2 February 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 45 Watt |
PRO WX 9100 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
HD 8670A, on the other hand, has 411.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon PRO WX 9100 and Radeon HD 8670A. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 9100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 8670A is a notebook one.
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