Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs Radeon R9 280X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon Pro WX 5100 and Radeon R9 280X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon Pro WX 5100 stacks up against Radeon R9 280X, check out specs charts below.
Radeon Pro WX 5100

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro WX 5100 Radeon R9 280X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280X has 233% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro WX 5100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 is build with GCN 4.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280X - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
Radeon Pro WX 5100 and Radeon R9 280X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro WX 5100 Radeon R9 280X
Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN
Code name Ellesmere Thaiti XTL
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 18 November 2016 8 October 2013
Pipelines 1792 2048
Core clock speed 713 MHz
Boost Clock 1086 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 121.6 128.0
Floating-point performance 3,892 gflops 4,096 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 288 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 250 Mh/s 494 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.42 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 285 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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