AMD Radeon Pro 555 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 254 Watt
  • Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 5100 MHz vs 4200 MHz
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3141 vs 2534
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 373
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11176 vs 3977
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.83 vs 0.789
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 254 Watt
Memory clock speed 5100 MHz vs 4200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3141 vs 2534
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 vs 373
Geekbench - OpenCL 11176 vs 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.83 vs 0.789

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

  • 5.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 40.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 2x 960 vs 768
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
Texture fill rate 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 40.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 960 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
Maximum memory size 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3141
2534
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
659
373
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11176
3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.83
0.789
Name AMD Radeon Pro 555 AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 3141 2534
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 373
Geekbench - OpenCL 11176 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 572.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.83 0.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 26.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 162.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 555 AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Polaris 21 Barts
Launch date 5 June 2017 19 September 2011
Place in performance rating 717 720
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,306 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 2x 960
Texture fill rate 40.8 GTexel / s 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 254 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 81.6 GB / s 2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5100 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0