Radeon RX 560 896SP vs PRO WX 9100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 224 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.76 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.47 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | Polaris 21 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 4 July 2017 (8 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 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1090 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1175 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 384.0 | 65.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.29 TFLOPS | 2.106 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| TMUs | 256 | 56 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 224 KB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 1024 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 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | 170 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 945 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 112.0 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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 45 Watt |
PRO WX 9100 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RX 560 896SP, on the other hand, has 411.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon PRO WX 9100 and Radeon RX 560 896SP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 9100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 560 896SP is a desktop one.
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