AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 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 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1190 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6798 vs 4809
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 585
  • Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 37248 vs 22421
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9175 vs 8870
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3670 vs 3586
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9175 vs 8870
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3670 vs 3586
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Nov 2019 vs 14 November 2018
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6798 vs 4809
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 vs 585
Geekbench - OpenCL 37248 vs 22421
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9175 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3670 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9175 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3670 vs 3586

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 85 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6798
4809
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
659
585
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
37248
22421
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9175
8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9175
8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3359
Name AMD Radeon Pro 5500M AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
PassMark - G3D Mark 6798 4809
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 585
Geekbench - OpenCL 37248 22421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1860.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.238
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 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3670 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9175 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3670 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3426

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 14 Vega 12
Launch date 13 Nov 2019 14 November 2018
Place in performance rating 353 369
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1190 MHz
Compute units 24
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 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
Pixel fill rate 41.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 2400 MHz
Memory type GDDR6