Radeon Pro WX 4100 vs RX 5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5500 with Radeon Pro WX 4100, including specs and performance data.

RX 5500
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
22.80
+142%

RX 5500 outperforms Pro WX 4100 by a whopping 142% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking248470
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.31
Power efficiency14.2012.92
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 14Baffin
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)10 November 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores14081024
Core clock speedno data1125 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1201 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate162.476.86
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS2.46 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8864

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length180 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s96 GB/s

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

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. 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.

RX 5500 22.80
+142%
Pro WX 4100 9.43

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.

RX 5500 8785
+142%
Pro WX 4100 3632

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.

RX 5500 42273
+121%
Pro WX 4100 19113

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.

RX 5500 28910
+55.7%
Pro WX 4100 18563

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 22.80 9.43
Recency 7 October 2019 10 November 2016
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 50 Watt

RX 5500 has a 141.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pro WX 4100, on the other hand, has 120% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro WX 4100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5500 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro WX 4100 is a workstation one.


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