AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data contains two direct comparisons between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100. Both are compute-focused tests, and the results are not close. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5070 Ti scores 212,363 points against 40,148 for the Radeon Pro WX 7100. That is a 429% advantage, meaning the NVIDIA card delivers more than five times the raw compute throughput in this workload. The Geekbench Vulkan test tells a similar story: the RTX 5070 Ti posts 225,122 points versus 39,683 for the AMD card, a 467.3% lead. These are enormous gaps, far beyond what generational improvements alone would suggest.

Looking at the average benchmark scores from the database, the RTX 5070 Ti averages 49,957 across all recorded tests, while the Radeon Pro WX 7100 averages 40,063. The percentile rankings reinforce the separation: the RTX 5070 Ti sits at the 86th percentile among all GPUs, while the Radeon Pro WX 7100 rests at the 82nd percentile. Despite the massive head-to-head margins, the overall percentile gap is modest because the database includes many different workloads, some of which favor the AMD card's legacy strengths.

The nearest rivals listed for the RTX 5070 Ti provide context for where it stands. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 averages 50,001 points, a 0.1% difference from the RTX 5070 Ti. The Intel Arc A550M sits 0.4% behind at 49,737. The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 2% ahead at 50,951, and the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT trails by 3.1% at 48,477. This places the RTX 5070 Ti in a cluster of high-end cards from the previous generation, with performance roughly comparable to those established GPUs. For the Radeon Pro WX 7100, the nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro 580 at 40,318 (0.6% ahead), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at 40,377 (0.8% ahead), the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile at 39,568 (1.3% behind), and the AMD Radeon Pro 575 at 39,555 (1.3% behind). The WX 7100 is clearly positioned among professional and mid-range mobile offerings from several years ago.

When the head-to-head results are placed alongside the average scores, an interesting pattern emerges. The RTX 5070 Ti's OpenCL and Vulkan scores are far higher than its average benchmark score, suggesting those particular tests heavily favor its architecture. The Radeon Pro WX 7100, by contrast, has no recorded DirectX or PassMark benchmarks in the database, so its average is derived solely from the three Geekbench tests. That means the 40,063 average for the WX 7100 is essentially its Geekbench performance, while the RTX 5070 Ti's average is diluted by many lower-scoring legacy tests such as PassMark DirectX 9 (351 points) and DirectX 12 (127 points). The true compute gap may be even larger than the averages suggest.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 5070 Ti wins every recorded head-to-head benchmark, and the database shows zero wins for the Radeon Pro WX 7100 in direct comparisons. However, the WX 7100's strengths appear in its design priorities rather than raw scores. The AMD card is a single-slot professional workstation GPU with a 130 W power draw and a 300 W suggested PSU, making it suitable for dense multi-GPU configurations or constrained chassis. The RTX 5070 Ti requires a dual-slot footprint, 300 W of power, a 700 W suggested PSU, and a 16-pin connector, which limits where it can be installed.

For workloads that rely on OpenCL or Vulkan compute, the RTX 5070 Ti is the clear choice based on the data. Its 429% and 467.3% leads in those two tests are decisive. The RTX 5070 Ti also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the WX 7100 only reaches DirectX 12 (12_0). The NVIDIA card supports Vulkan 1.4 versus 1.3 for AMD, and it includes hardware ray tracing cores (70) and tensor cores (280), neither of which exist on the WX 7100. Any workload that can leverage ray tracing or tensor operations will only run on the RTX 5070 Ti.

The WX 7100 retains advantages in specific professional scenarios. It has four DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, which is useful for multi-monitor workstation setups, whereas the RTX 5070 Ti offers one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. The AMD card is end-of-life with a Radeon Pro Polaris generation designation, meaning it targets legacy compatibility and stability rather than peak performance. Its 8 GB of GDDR5 memory is half the RTX 5070 Ti's 16 GB of GDDR7, and its 224.0 GB/s bandwidth is a fraction of the NVIDIA card's 896.0 GB/s. For users running older professional applications that were optimized for GCN architecture, the WX 7100 may still function adequately, but nothing in the benchmark data suggests it wins any compute contest.

The RTX 5070 Ti's PassMark scores show a mixed picture across legacy APIs. It scores 351 in DirectX 9, 300 in DirectX 11, 192 in DirectX 10, and 127 in DirectX 12. These are not comparable to the Geekbench numbers, but they indicate that older API workloads do not scale as favorably. The WX 7100 has no such scores recorded, so no direct comparison exists for those tests.

Architecture Differences

The RTX 5070 Ti uses the GB203 chip built on NVIDIA's Blackwell 2.0 architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It contains 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 120.6 million per square millimeter. The WX 7100 uses the Ellesmere chip with AMD's GCN 4.0 architecture, built on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It packs 5,700 million transistors into a 232 mm² die, with a density of 24.6 million per square millimeter. The transistor count difference is nearly eightfold, and the density gap is roughly fivefold, reflecting the much newer manufacturing process and design philosophy.

The RTX 5070 Ti has 8,960 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units. It also includes 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores, enabling hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI-driven features like DLSS. The WX 7100 has 2,304 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with no ray tracing or tensor cores available. The NVIDIA card's raw compute rates are 43.94 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16, while the AMD card delivers 5.728 TFLOPS in both formats. The pixel rate for the RTX 5070 Ti is 235.4 GPixel/s versus 39.78 GPixel/s for the WX 7100, and the texture rate is 686.6 GTexel/s versus 179.0 GTexel/s.

Memory architecture also diverges sharply. The RTX 5070 Ti uses 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus, with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth and an effective memory clock of 28 Gbps. The WX 7100 has 8 GB of GDDR5 on the same 256-bit bus, but bandwidth drops to 224.0 GB/s with an effective 7 Gbps memory clock. The NVIDIA card's base clock is 2,295 MHz with a boost of 2,452 MHz, while the AMD card runs at 1,188 MHz base and 1,243 MHz boost. Clock speeds alone do not tell the full story, but combined with the architectural differences, they explain the massive performance gap.

The RTX 5070 Ti supports PCIe 5.0 x16, while the WX 7100 is limited to PCIe 3.0 x16. For systems with newer platforms, the RTX 5070 Ti can take advantage of double the bandwidth per lane. The NVIDIA card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6, while the AMD card supports DirectX 12 (12_0), Vulkan 1.3, and OpenGL 4.6. The feature set for the RTX 5070 Ti is strictly newer and broader.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification field. The RTX 5070 Ti is manufactured by NVIDIA on a 5 nm TSMC process, while the WX 7100 is an AMD product built on 14 nm at GlobalFoundries. The NVIDIA chip, GB203, uses Blackwell 2.0 architecture, versus the Ellesmere chip with GCN 4.0. The RTX 5070 Ti has 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, while the WX 7100 has 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die. Transistor density is 120.6M per mm² for NVIDIA and 24.6M per mm² for AMD.

Clock speeds differ: the RTX 5070 Ti runs at 2,295 MHz base and 2,452 MHz boost, while the WX 7100 runs at 1,188 MHz base and 1,243 MHz boost. Memory configurations are 16 GB GDDR7 versus 8 GB GDDR5, with bandwidths of 896.0 GB/s and 224.0 GB/s respectively. The NVIDIA card has 8,960 shading units, 280 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 70 RT cores, and 280 tensor cores. The AMD card has 2,304 shading units, 144 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and no RT or tensor cores. Pixel rate is 235.4 GPixel/s versus 39.78 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 686.6 GTexel/s versus 179.0 GTexel/s. FP32 and FP16 performance is 43.94 TFLOPS for NVIDIA and 5.728 TFLOPS for AMD.

Power and physical specifications also diverge. The RTX 5070 Ti has a 300 W TDP, requires a dual-slot cooler, a 16-pin power connector, and a 700 W suggested PSU. The WX 7100 has a 130 W TDP, a single-slot cooler, a 6-pin connector, and a 300 W suggested PSU. The NVIDIA card measures 304 mm in length and 137 mm in height, while the AMD card is 241 mm long and 112 mm tall. The RTX 5070 Ti supports PCIe 5.0 x16 and offers one HDMI 2.1b plus three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. The WX 7100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 and provides four DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The RTX 5070 Ti is active in production and was released on 2025-02-19, with a predecessor of GeForce 40 and successor of GeForce 60. The WX 7100 is end-of-life, released on 2016-11-09, with a predecessor of Radeon Pro GCN and successor of Radeon Pro Vega.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti has an average benchmark score of 49,957 across all recorded tests, while the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 averages 40,063. The NVIDIA card sits at the 86th percentile among all GPUs, compared to the 82nd percentile for the AMD card.

Q: How large is the performance gap in the head-to-head tests?

A: In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5070 Ti scores 212,363 versus 40,148 for the WX 7100, a 429% lead. In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 5070 Ti scores 225,122 versus 39,683, a 467.3% lead.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro WX 7100 support ray tracing?

A: No, the Radeon Pro WX 7100 has no ray tracing cores or tensor cores in its specifications. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti includes 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores.

Q: What are the memory differences between the two cards?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth and an effective 28 Gbps memory clock. The WX 7100 has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth and an effective 7 Gbps memory clock.

Q: Which card has a lower power requirement?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 has a 130 W TDP and requires a 300 W suggested PSU with a 6-pin connector. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti has a 300 W TDP and requires a 700 W suggested PSU with a 16-pin connector.

Q: Are there any benchmark categories where the WX 7100 wins?

A: The database records no wins for the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 in any head-to-head benchmark against the RTX 5070 Ti. The NVIDIA card wins both recorded comparisons.

The Verdict

The data points to a decisive conclusion: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti outperforms the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 by an overwhelming margin in every recorded benchmark. The 429% and 467.3% leads in OpenCL and Vulkan are not incremental improvements; they represent a different performance class entirely. The RTX 5070 Ti also offers more memory, higher bandwidth, newer architecture, ray tracing support, tensor cores, and a faster PCIe interface. Anyone choosing a GPU for modern compute workloads should select the RTX 5070 Ti without hesitation based on these measurements.

The Radeon Pro WX 7100 still has a role, but it is a narrow one. Its single-slot design, 130 W power draw, and 300 W PSU requirement make it suitable for systems where space and power are limited. Its four DisplayPort 1.4a outputs support multi-monitor professional setups. For legacy applications that were built for GCN architecture and do not require modern features, the WX 7100 remains functional. However, its end-of-life status and 8 GB GDDR5 memory cap its future utility.

The percentile rankings show both cards are above the median, but the RTX 5070 Ti's 86th percentile versus the WX 7100's 82nd percentile understates the true gap because the average scores include many legacy tests. The nearest rivals for each card reinforce the separation: the RTX 5070 Ti competes with high-end cards like the RX 6900 XT and RX 6800 XT, while the WX 7100 sits alongside professional and mobile GPUs like the Radeon Pro 580 and RTX A500 Mobile. The recorded data leaves no ambiguity about which GPU delivers superior performance.