AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and AMD Radeon R9 290X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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) 0 month(s) later
• Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 947 MHz
• 709.1x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 250 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
• 9.6x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 11.12
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9175 vs 8729
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9175 vs 8729

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

• Around 83% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 1536
• Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 6834
• Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 675
• Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42419 vs 36530
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 114.883 vs 105.82
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 1860.146
• Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 94.947
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 628.757 vs 596.819
• Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3670
• Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3670
• Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3952 vs 3426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	6834 8644
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	675 770
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	36530 42419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	105.82 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1860.146 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11.238 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	94.947 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	596.819 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9175 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3670 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3353 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9175 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3670 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3353 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3426 3952

Compare specifications (specs)