AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs AMD Radeon HD 7990

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and AMD Radeon HD 7990 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 58.6x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.4x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6834 vs 5566
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.82 vs 88.665
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1860.146 vs 1753.494
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 8.437
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.947 vs 88.328
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 596.819 vs 434.598
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9175 vs 6689
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9175 vs 6689
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Nov 2019 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 375 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6834 vs 5566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.82 vs 88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1860.146 vs 1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.238 vs 8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.947 vs 88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 596.819 vs 434.598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9175 vs 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9175 vs 6689

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

  • 2.7x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1536
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 675
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 3670
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 3670
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2x 2048 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7990

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6834
5566
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
675
766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
105.82
88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860.146
1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.238
8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.947
88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
596.819
434.598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9175
6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9175
6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3356
Name AMD Radeon Pro 5500M AMD Radeon HD 7990
PassMark - G3D Mark 6834 5566
PassMark - G2D Mark 675 766
Geekbench - OpenCL 36530
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.82 88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1860.146 1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.238 8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.947 88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 596.819 434.598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9175 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3670 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9175 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3670 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3426 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M AMD Radeon HD 7990

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Navi 14 Malta
Launch date 13 Nov 2019 24 April 2013
Place in performance rating 365 412
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $1,126.99
Value for money (0-100) 7.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 24
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 950 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 2x 2048
Pixel fill rate 41.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 375 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 4,313 million
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Length 307 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 11.2
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s 2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5