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: 11207 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 | 11207 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
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | AMD Radeon Pro 555 | AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3141 | 2534 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 659 | 373 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 11207 | 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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 4.0 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | Polaris 21 | Barts |
Launch date | 5 June 2017 | 19 September 2011 |
Place in performance rating | 718 | 721 |
Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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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 |
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
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HDMI 2.0 |