AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and AMD Radeon R9 380X 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.

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

AMD Radeon R9 380X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 970 MHz
1004.8x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 190 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
12.4x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6834 vs 6224
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 667
Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3426 vs 3053

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Nov 2019 vs 19 November 2015
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6834 vs 6224
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 667
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3426 vs 3053

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9685 vs 9175
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3670
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9685 vs 9175
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3670

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9685 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9685 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6834

6224

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

667

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

9685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

9685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3361

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3426

3053

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 380X
PassMark - G3D Mark	6834	6224
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	667
Geekbench - OpenCL	36530
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	9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3670	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9175	9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3670	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3426	3053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 380X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Navi 14	Antigua
Launch date	13 Nov 2019	19 November 2015
Place in performance rating	365	313
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$528.44
Value for money (0-100)		15.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	970 MHz
Compute units	24	32
Core clock speed	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	2048
Pixel fill rate	41.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	124.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		3,973 gflops
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		221 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	970 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore