GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon Pro WX 5100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro WX 5100 with GeForce GTX 970M, including specs and performance data.

Pro WX 5100
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
13.03

GTX 970M outperforms Pro WX 5100 by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking387378
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.43no data
Power efficiency12.9712.44
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameEllesmereGM204
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 November 2016 (8 years ago)7 October 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $2,560.89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

Pro WX 5100 and GTX 970M have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores17921280
Core clock speed713 MHz924 MHz
Boost clock speed1086 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate121.683.04
Floating-point processing power3.892 TFLOPS2.657 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs11280

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options-+

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s120 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors4x DisplayPortNo outputs
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GeForce ShadowPlay-+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorks-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
BatteryBoost-+
Ansel-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-+

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 5100 13.03
GTX 970M 13.50
+3.6%

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 5100 5491
GTX 970M 5688
+3.6%

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 5100 25596
+34.7%
GTX 970M 19001

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:

900p130−140
−4.6%
136
+4.6%
Full HD55−60
−5.5%
58
+5.5%
1440p24−27
−12.5%
27
+12.5%
4K18−21
−16.7%
21
+16.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p9.07
+387%
44.15
−387%
1440p20.79
+356%
94.85
−356%
4K27.72
+340%
121.95
−340%
  • Pro WX 5100 has 387% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • Pro WX 5100 has 356% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • Pro WX 5100 has 340% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 66
+0%
66
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry 5 46
+0%
46
+0%
Fortnite 163
+0%
163
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+0%
61
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60
+0%
60
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 54
+0%
54
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 43
+0%
43
+0%
Fortnite 65
+0%
65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 53
+0%
53
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 49
+0%
49
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Metro Exodus 24
+0%
24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 49
+0%
49
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+0%
45
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 49
+0%
49
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 36
+0%
36
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 33
+0%
33
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+0%
26
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 49
+0%
49
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 14
+0%
14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Valorant 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 23
+0%
23
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 31
+0%
31
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 33
+0%
33
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
+0%
16
+0%
Valorant 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 15
+0%
15
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Dota 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 13
+0%
13
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6
+0%
6
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12
+0%
12
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14
+0%
14
+0%

This is how Pro WX 5100 and GTX 970M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 970M is 5% faster in 900p
  • GTX 970M is 5% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 970M is 13% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 970M is 17% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 66 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 13.03 13.50
Recency 18 November 2016 7 October 2014
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

Pro WX 5100 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 970M, on the other hand, has a 3.6% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon Pro WX 5100 and GeForce GTX 970M.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 5100 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 970M is a notebook one.

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