AMD Radeon Pro W6600X vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600X and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 2068 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 2479 MHz vs 1845 MHz
Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 317.3 GTexel/s vs 162.4 GTexel/s
Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 130 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67420 vs 44611

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 12 Dec 2019
Core clock speed	2068 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz vs 1845 MHz
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s vs 162.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1408
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420 vs 44611

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

67420

44611

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420	44611
PassMark - G3D Mark		9149
PassMark - G2D Mark		778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4915

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 1.0
Code name	Navi 23	Navi 14
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	12 Dec 2019
Place in performance rating	306	303
Launch price (MSRP)		$169
Type		Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz	1845 MHz
Compute units	32	22
Core clock speed	2068 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	2048	1408
Pixel fill rate	158.7 GPixel/s	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s	162.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	6400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		5.196 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	Apple MPX	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	450 Watt
Length		7.09 inches (180 mm)
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support