GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon Pro WX 7100

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Aggregate performance score

Pro WX 7100
2017
8 GB GDDR5, 130 Watt
20.43

GeForce GTX 970 outperforms Radeon Pro WX 7100 by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking252200
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.4523.54
ArchitecturePolaris (2016−2019)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code namePolaris 12GM204
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 March 2017 (7 years ago)19 September 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 $329
Current price$582 (0.7x MSRP)$105 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 970 has 125% better value for money than Pro WX 7100.

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 cores23041664
CUDA coresno data1664
Core clock speedno data1050 MHz
Boost clock speed1243 MHz1178 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt145 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data98 °C
Texture fill rate179.0109 billion/sec
Floating-point performance5,728 gflops3,920 gflops

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).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm10.5" (26.7 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)no data500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-pins
SLI optionsno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s224 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 DisplayPortDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
HDMIno data+
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC supportno data+
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+no data
GameStreamno data+
GeForce ShadowPlayno data+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorksno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDAno data+

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 7100 20.43
GTX 970 24.95
+22.1%

GeForce GTX 970 outperforms Radeon Pro WX 7100 by 22% 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 7100 7898
GTX 970 9644
+22.1%

GeForce GTX 970 outperforms Radeon Pro WX 7100 by 22% 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 7100 38420
+43.1%
GTX 970 26849

Radeon Pro WX 7100 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 by 43% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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 HD65−70
−24.6%
81
+24.6%
1440p27−30
−25.9%
34
+25.9%
4K30−35
−33.3%
40
+33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−24.2%
40−45
+24.2%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−19.5%
45−50
+19.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−22.9%
40−45
+22.9%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−22.4%
80−85
+22.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−22.2%
55−60
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−24.2%
40−45
+24.2%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−15.4%
60−65
+15.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−21.4%
65−70
+21.4%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−19.4%
80−85
+19.4%
Hitman 3 45−50
−24.5%
60−65
+24.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−26.9%
85−90
+26.9%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−18%
70−75
+18%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−17.9%
65−70
+17.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
−28.8%
75−80
+28.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−23.7%
45−50
+23.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−19.5%
45−50
+19.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−22.9%
40−45
+22.9%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−22.4%
80−85
+22.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−22.2%
55−60
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−24.2%
40−45
+24.2%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−15.4%
60−65
+15.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+93.1%
29
−93.1%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−19.4%
80−85
+19.4%
Hitman 3 45−50
−24.5%
60−65
+24.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−26.9%
85−90
+26.9%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−18%
70−75
+18%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−17.9%
65−70
+17.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
−28.8%
75−80
+28.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−84.1%
81
+84.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−23.7%
45−50
+23.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−19.5%
45−50
+19.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−22.9%
40−45
+22.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+25%
36
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−24.2%
40−45
+24.2%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−15.4%
60−65
+15.4%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−19.4%
80−85
+19.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−26.9%
85−90
+26.9%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−18%
70−75
+18%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+2.3%
43
−2.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−23.7%
45−50
+23.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−17.9%
65−70
+17.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−20.5%
45−50
+20.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
−12.2%
46
+12.2%
Hitman 3 30−33
−16.7%
35−40
+16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−22.7%
27−30
+22.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−31.6%
24−27
+31.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−30.8%
30−35
+30.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−26.5%
40−45
+26.5%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−21.4%
50−55
+21.4%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−23.7%
45−50
+23.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−31%
55−60
+31%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−30.4%
30−33
+30.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−35.7%
18−20
+35.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 40−45
−15%
45−50
+15%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−4.5%
23
+4.5%
Hitman 3 16−18
−25%
20−22
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−26.1%
27−30
+26.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−21.4%
16−18
+21.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−38.1%
29
+38.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+20%
20
−20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−33.3%
20−22
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−21.4%
30−35
+21.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−26.1%
27−30
+26.1%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−22.2%
21−24
+22.2%

This is how Pro WX 7100 and GTX 970 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 970 is 25% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 970 is 26% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 970 is 33% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Pro WX 7100 is 93% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 970 is 84% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Pro WX 7100 is ahead in 4 tests (6%)
  • GTX 970 is ahead in 68 tests (94%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.43 24.95
Recency 1 March 2017 19 September 2014
Cost $799 $329
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 145 Watt

The GeForce GTX 970 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro WX 7100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 7100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 970 is a desktop one.


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