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).

AMD Radeon Pro 555

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

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
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11389 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	11389 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

11389

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	11389	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	712	713
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