Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon Pro WX 5100

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6970 and Radeon Pro WX 5100. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 6970 and Radeon Pro WX 5100. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Radeon Pro WX 5100

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6970 Radeon Pro WX 5100
Power consumption (TDP) 550 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Memory type DDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 633% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro WX 5100.
  • Radeon HD 6970 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6970 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Radeon HD 6970 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 5100 is 3625 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 9−10 21−24
QHD / 1440p 3−4 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro WX 5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon HD 6970.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6970 Radeon Pro WX 5100
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 4.0
Code name Cayman Ellesmere
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 14 December 2010 18 November 2016
Pipelines 1536 1792
Core clock speed 713 MHz
Boost Clock 880 MHz 1086 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 84.48 121.6
Floating-point performance 2,703.4 gflops 3,892 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s 250 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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