AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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: 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT

AMD Radeon Sky 500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 950 MHz
2219.7x more texture fill rate: 168.7 GTexel/s vs 76 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	4 Aug 2020 vs 27 March 2013
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate	168.7 GTexel/s vs 76 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Around 76% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74902 vs 42529

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	74902 vs 42529

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

42529

74902

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT	AMD Radeon Sky 500
Geekbench - OpenCL	42529	74902
PassMark - G3D Mark		4764
PassMark - G2D Mark		551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5116

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT	AMD Radeon Sky 500
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 14	Pitcairn
Launch date	4 Aug 2020	27 March 2013
Place in performance rating	512	510
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1757 MHz
Compute units	24
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	337.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.80 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.398 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1536	1280
Pixel fill rate	56.22 GPixel/s
Render output units	32
Texture fill rate	168.7 GTexel/s	76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,432 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		242 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	154 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5