AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data splits decisively along compute workloads. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 records a single Geekbench OpenCL score of 11,228, while the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 dominates that same test with a score of 44,700. The delta of 74.9% in favor of the GTX 1070 is the only direct head-to-head result available, and it indicates a substantial performance gap in general-purpose GPU compute.

For the Radeon Pro WX 3200, the win condition is not about raw throughput. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD FirePro W4300 at 11,225, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M at 11,261, and both NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q variants at 11,088. The WX 3200 sits within 1.3% of all four, making it a mid-pack performer in its own tier. Its percentile ranking of 50 places it exactly at the median of all GPUs tracked, meaning half of all recorded GPUs score lower and half score higher.

The GeForce GTX 1070, by contrast, shows a broader benchmark footprint. It posts scores across eight different tests spanning DirectX 9 through DirectX 12, Metal, Vulkan, OpenCL, and compute workloads. Its average benchmark score of 9,780 is actually lower than its single OpenCL result, because the PassMark DirectX tests (82 for DirectX 10, 100 for DirectX 11, 48 for DirectX 12, 197 for DirectX 9) drag the average down. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1,082 and the Geekbench Metal score of 18,801 further illustrate that the GTX 1070 excels in modern API workloads while remaining competitive in legacy ones.

The use-case split is therefore clear: the WX 3200 is a workstation-oriented card whose modest compute output is sufficient for professional visualization tasks, while the GTX 1070 is a high-throughput consumer card that wins every measurable compute and graphics scenario in this comparison. Where the WX 3200 can claim parity is in its peer group, where it matches the FirePro W4300 almost exactly and trails the GTX 780M by only 0.3%. The GTX 1070, however, has no such parity in this matchup; it simply outperforms across the board.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher Geekbench OpenCL score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 scores 44,700 compared to the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200's 11,228, a difference of 74.9% in favor of NVIDIA.

Q: How does the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 compare to its closest rivals?

A: The WX 3200 scores 11,228, which is essentially identical to the AMD FirePro W4300 at 11,225 (0% delta), 0.3% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M at 11,261, and 1.3% ahead of both NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q variants at 11,088.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 has an average benchmark score of 11,228, while the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has an average of 9,780. The GTX 1070's average is pulled down by its lower PassMark DirectX scores.

Q: Which GPU supports Vulkan 1.4?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 supports Vulkan 1.4, while the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 supports Vulkan 1.3.

Q: How do the two GPUs compare in DirectX feature level support?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 supports DirectX 12 with feature level 12_0, while the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 supports DirectX 12 with feature level 12_1, indicating a higher feature tier for NVIDIA.

Q: What is the percentile ranking of each GPU against all tracked GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 sits at the 50th percentile, while the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 sits at the 47th percentile, meaning the WX 3200 is slightly more central in the overall distribution despite lower absolute scores.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only direct comparison available in the database is the Geekbench OpenCL test. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 produces 11,228 points, while the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 produces 44,700 points. The delta percentage of 74.9% in favor of the GTX 1070 is stark. To put that in perspective, the GTX 1070's score is approximately four times higher, a margin that dwarfs the differences seen among the WX 3200's nearest rivals, which all fall within a 1.3% band of each other.

This single result carries significant interpretive weight. The WX 3200's nearest rival, the AMD FirePro W4300, scores 11,225, a 0% delta that shows the WX 3200 is exactly where a Polaris-based workstation card should land. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M scores 11,261, a mere 0.3% higher, and the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q cards score 11,088, 1.3% lower. The WX 3200 thus occupies a narrow performance window in its class.

The GTX 1070, by contrast, does not have a comparable head-to-head result in this dataset beyond the OpenCL test, but its other benchmarks paint a consistent picture. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1,082, the Geekbench Metal score of 18,801, and the Geekbench Vulkan score of 22,121 all indicate strong modern API performance. The PassMark G3D score of 13,498 and the GPU compute score of 6,102 reinforce the pattern. Even the lowest DirectX scores, such as 48 for DirectX 12 and 82 for DirectX 10, are not directly comparable to the WX 3200 because the WX 3200 has no recorded results in those tests.

The magnitude of the OpenCL gap suggests that the GTX 1070's advantage is not marginal but structural. A 74.9% delta means the GTX 1070 delivers roughly 3.98 times the OpenCL throughput of the WX 3200. This is consistent with the raw specifications: the GTX 1070 has 1,920 shading units against the WX 3200's 640, and its FP32 output of 6.463 TFLOPS is nearly four times the WX 3200's 1.658 TFLOPS. The benchmark result therefore aligns closely with the theoretical compute figures.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs diverge sharply across nearly every measurable specification. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 uses a Polaris 23 chip, manufactured on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries, with 2,200 million transistors on a 103 mm² die. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 uses a GP104 chip, manufactured on a 16 nm process at TSMC, with 7,200 million transistors on a 314 mm² die. The transistor density tells a nuanced story: the WX 3200 packs 21.4 million transistors per square millimeter, while the GTX 1070 achieves 22.9 million, a modest difference of 1.5 million per square millimeter.

Memory configurations are entirely different tiers. The WX 3200 has 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus, yielding 96.00 GB/s of bandwidth. The GTX 1070 has 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, yielding 256.3 GB/s of bandwidth, roughly 2.7 times higher. Memory clock rates also differ: the WX 3200 runs at 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective), while the GTX 1070 runs at 2002 MHz (8 Gbps effective).

Compute resources show the largest gap. The WX 3200 has 640 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 raster output units. The GTX 1070 has 1,920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. Pixel rate for the WX 3200 is 20.72 GPixel/s versus 107.7 GPixel/s for the GTX 1070, and texture rate is 41.44 GTexel/s versus 202.0 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 1.658 TFLOPS for the WX 3200 and 6.463 TFLOPS for the GTX 1070. FP16 performance shows a fundamental architectural difference: the WX 3200 runs FP16 at a 1:1 ratio with FP32, while the GTX 1070 runs FP16 at a 1:64 ratio, producing only 101.0 GFLOPS.

Power and physical specifications also differ. The WX 3200 has a 65 W TDP, requires no power connectors, and suggests a 250 W PSU. The GTX 1070 has a 150 W TDP, requires one 8-pin connector, and suggests a 450 W PSU. The WX 3200 is single-slot, 167 mm long and 69 mm high, while the GTX 1070 is dual-slot, 267 mm long, 112 mm high, and 40 mm wide. Bus interface differs as well: PCIe 3.0 x8 for the WX 3200 versus PCIe 3.0 x16 for the GTX 1070. Display outputs are 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a on the WX 3200 versus 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a on the GTX 1070.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 is built on GCN 4.0 architecture, part of the Radeon Pro Polaris generation under the WX x200 family. Its predecessor is the Radeon Pro GCN and its successor is the Radeon Pro Vega. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is built on Pascal architecture, part of the GeForce 10-series generation, with the GeForce 900 as its predecessor and GeForce 20 as its successor.

Process technology marks a key split: AMD uses 14 nm at GlobalFoundries, while NVIDIA uses 16 nm at TSMC. The transistor counts reflect the differing design philosophies: AMD packs 2,200 million transistors into a 103 mm² die, while NVIDIA packs 7,200 million into a 314 mm² die. The resulting density difference is small, but the total resource allocation is not.

API support reveals another architectural divergence. Both support DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan, but at different levels. The WX 3200 supports DirectX 12 with feature level 12_0 and Vulkan 1.3. The GTX 1070 supports DirectX 12 with feature level 12_1 and Vulkan 1.4. Neither card has ray tracing cores or tensor cores, as both predate those dedicated hardware blocks.

The FP16 ratio is the most telling architectural signature. The WX 3200's 1:1 FP16 to FP32 ratio indicates a compute-oriented design that treats half-precision as a first-class citizen, typical of GCN architecture aimed at professional workloads. The GTX 1070's 1:64 ratio shows a design that heavily prioritizes FP32 throughput, with FP16 essentially an afterthought for consumer gaming and general compute. This architectural choice explains why the GTX 1070's FP16 output of 101.0 GFLOPS is so low relative to its FP32 output of 6.463 TFLOPS.

The Verdict

The data points to a straightforward conclusion for most users. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 wins the only direct benchmark comparison by 74.9%, and its additional benchmark results across Metal, Vulkan, DirectX, and compute workloads confirm a broad performance advantage. Anyone prioritizing raw compute throughput, modern API support, or gaming performance should choose the GTX 1070 without hesitation. Its 8 GB memory capacity, 256-bit bus, and 256.3 GB/s bandwidth provide a far more capable memory subsystem, and its 1,920 shading units deliver nearly four times the FP32 throughput of the WX 3200.

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 has a more specific appeal. Its 50th percentile ranking among all GPUs is slightly higher than the GTX 1070's 47th percentile, an artifact of the GTX 1070's low PassMark DirectX scores pulling its average down. More importantly, the WX 3200's peer group, which includes the FirePro W4300 and GTX 780M, shows it performing exactly at the expected level for a Polaris-based workstation card. Its 65 W TDP, single-slot form factor, and lack of power connectors make it suitable for compact or low-power workstation builds. Its 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a outputs and FP16 1:1 ratio cater to professional visualization and compute tasks where those features matter.

The launch MSRP for the WX 3200 is 199 USD, and for the GTX 1070 it is 379 USD. The specifications and benchmark data justify the difference in most scenarios, but the WX 3200's niche value lies in its workstation-oriented feature set rather than its compute performance. The verdict is therefore conditional: the GTX 1070 is the superior GPU in every measurable performance dimension, while the WX 3200 is the appropriate choice for specific professional environments that prioritize low power draw, compact size, and multiple mini-DisplayPort outputs over raw speed.