AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs AMD Radeon E8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and AMD Radeon E8870 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 - 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 5500M

AMD Radeon E8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2600x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6786 vs 3368
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.82 vs 36.948
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1860.146 vs 874.689
10.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 1.11
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9175 vs 4620
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9175 vs 4620

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Nov 2019 vs 29 September 2015
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6786 vs 3368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238 vs 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9175 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9175 vs 4620

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 85 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 659
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3670
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3353
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3670
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6786

3368

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

659

708

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

105.82

36.948

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860.146

874.689

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11.238

1.11

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

4620

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

5030

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

18191

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

4620

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

5030

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

18191

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	AMD Radeon E8870
PassMark - G3D Mark	6786	3368
PassMark - G2D Mark	659	708
Geekbench - OpenCL	37186
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82	36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146	874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238	1.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9175	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3670	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9175	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3670	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	18191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3426

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	AMD Radeon E8870
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 14	Saturn
Launch date	13 Nov 2019	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	353	350
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Compute units	24
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	249.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.994 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1536	768
Pixel fill rate	41.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,536 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5