Radeon Pro 560X vs PRO WX 9100

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Aggregate performance score

PRO WX 9100
2017
16 GB HBM2, 230 Watt
32.41
+241%

PRO WX 9100 outperforms Pro 560X by a whopping 241% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking158432
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.1113.89
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameVega 10Polaris 21
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date10 July 2017 (6 years ago)5 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 no data
Current price$1880 (1.2x MSRP)$133

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro 560X has 71% better value for money than PRO WX 9100.

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 cores40961024
Core clock speed1200 MHz907 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistors12,500 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate384.064.26
Floating-point performance12,288 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon PRO WX 9100 and Radeon Pro 560X 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB4 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s81.28 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSyncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 9100 32.41
+241%
Pro 560X 9.51

PRO WX 9100 outperforms Pro 560X by 241% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

PRO WX 9100 12528
+241%
Pro 560X 3677

PRO WX 9100 outperforms Pro 560X by 241% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

PRO WX 9100 64683
+269%
Pro 560X 17532

PRO WX 9100 outperforms Pro 560X by 269% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

PRO WX 9100 67932
+289%
Pro 560X 17457

PRO WX 9100 outperforms Pro 560X by 289% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD140−150
+226%
43
−226%
1440p160−170
+233%
48
−233%
4K60−65
+233%
18
−233%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.41 9.51
Recency 10 July 2017 5 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 35 Watt

The Radeon PRO WX 9100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro 560X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 9100 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro 560X is a mobile workstation one.


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