AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition 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 M395 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 834 MHz
1336x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 93.41 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
2.2x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 5460 MHz
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6763 vs 4916
Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 37259 vs 23551
Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.82 vs 56.272
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1860.146 vs 778.867
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 5.051
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.947 vs 65.535
Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 596.819 vs 336.811

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Nov 2019 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 834 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 5460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6763 vs 4916
Geekbench - OpenCL	37259 vs 23551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82 vs 56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146 vs 778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238 vs 5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947 vs 65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819 vs 336.811

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 715 vs 654

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1792 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	715 vs 654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6763

4916

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

654

715

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

37259

23551

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

105.82

56.272

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860.146

778.867

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

11.238

5.051

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.947

65.535

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

596.819

336.811

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	6763	4916
PassMark - G2D Mark	654	715
Geekbench - OpenCL	37259	23551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82	56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146	778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238	5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947	65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819	336.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3426

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 14	Grenada
Launch date	13 Nov 2019	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	351	448
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Compute units	24
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	834 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	1792
Pixel fill rate	41.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	93.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2,989 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
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	174.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	5460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore