AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and AMD Radeon RX 580 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 RX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1860.146 vs 1022.932
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 9.235
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.947 vs 84.034

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Nov 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 185 Watt
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146 vs 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238 vs 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947 vs 84.034
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8879 vs 6820
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 771 vs 675
Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42211 vs 36526
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 116.142 vs 105.82
Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 596.819
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 9175
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 3670
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 9175
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 3670
Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4359 vs 3426

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8879 vs 6820
PassMark - G2D Mark	771 vs 675
Geekbench - OpenCL	42211 vs 36526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	116.142 vs 105.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	607.721 vs 596.819
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11281 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11281 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695 vs 3670
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4359 vs 3426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6820

8879

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

771

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36526

42211

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

105.82

116.142

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860.146

1022.932

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

11.238

9.235

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.947

84.034

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

596.819

607.721

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3349

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3426

4359

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	6820	8879
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	771
Geekbench - OpenCL	36526	42211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82	116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146	1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238	9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947	84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819	607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9175	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3670	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9175	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3670	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3426	4359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	AMD Radeon RX 580
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 14	Polaris 20
Launch date	13 Nov 2019	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	365	331
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1340 MHz
Compute units	24	36
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1257 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	2304
Pixel fill rate	41.60 GPixel/s	42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready