Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs Radeon R9 280

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon Pro WX 5100 and Radeon R9 280. 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 Pro WX 5100 and Radeon R9 280. 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 Pro WX 5100 Radeon R9 280
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 200 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, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280 has 166% 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 280.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 is build with GCN 4.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 5100 is 3750 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

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 280 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro WX 5100 Radeon R9 280
Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Ellesmere Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 18 November 2016 4 March 2014
Pipelines 1792 1792
Core clock speed 713 MHz
Boost Clock 1086 MHz 933 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 121.6 104.5
Floating-point performance 3,892 gflops 3,344 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 250 Mh/s 408 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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