AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon Pro W5700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon Pro W5700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD Radeon Pro W5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1243 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1930 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 205 Watt

Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 19 Nov 2019
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1243 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 205 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700

Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 909 vs 809
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14812 vs 9556
Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70274 vs 48562

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	909 vs 809
PassMark - G3D Mark	14812 vs 9556
Geekbench - OpenCL	70274 vs 48562

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W5700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

809

909

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9556

14812

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48562

70274

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon Pro W5700
PassMark - G2D Mark	809	909
PassMark - G3D Mark	9556	14812
Geekbench - OpenCL	48562	70274
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11065
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11065

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon Pro W5700
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 1.0
Code name	Navi 24	Navi 10
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	19 Nov 2019
Place in performance rating	208	210
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1930 MHz
Compute units	16	36
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1243 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)	555.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS	8.893 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2304
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	277.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	205 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	10300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		12 inches (305 mm)
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	2.2	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6