AMD FirePro W5000 vs AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5000 and AMD Radeon HD 7550M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/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).

AMD FirePro W5000

AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 39.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Around 92% higher pipelines: 768 vs 400
2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,267 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2979 vs 465
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 570 vs 403
Around 86% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9969 vs 5371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2012 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 400
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2979 vs 465
PassMark - G2D Mark	570 vs 403
Geekbench - OpenCL	9969 vs 5371

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7550M

25x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7550M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2979

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

570

403

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9969

5371

Name	AMD FirePro W5000	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2979	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	570	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	9969	5371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.758
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5000	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Pitcairn	Thames
Launch date	7 August 2012	7 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	559	561
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	400
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Half Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory		0