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    Radeon HD 8790M vs Radeon Pro WX 5100

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 8790M 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 8790M 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.
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    Radeon Pro WX 5100

    Radeon HD 8790M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon HD 8790M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 8790M here:

    Radeon HD 8790M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 8790M Radeon Pro WX 5100
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 8790M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro WX 5100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon Pro WX 5100 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8790M.
    • Radeon HD 8790M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 8790M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - with GCN 4.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8790M is 137 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro WX 5100.
    • Radeon HD 8790M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 5100 is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8790M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 6−7 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro WX 5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon HD 8790M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 8790M Radeon Pro WX 5100
    Architecture GCN GCN 4.0
    Code name Mars XTX Ellesmere
    Type Laptop Workstation
    Release date 16 November 2012 18 November 2016
    Pipelines 384 1792
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 713 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 1086 MHz
    Transistor count 950 million 5,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 21.60 121.6
    Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 3,892 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 80 Mh/s 250 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
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