AMD Radeon Pro 555 vs AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM 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 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 200 Watt
• Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 5100 MHz vs 5000 MHz
• Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3141 vs 2765
• Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 366

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

• 2.5x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s
• 2.3x more pipelines: 1792 vs 768
• 2.5x better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13716 vs 11257
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.311 vs 31.301
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.334 vs 572.795
• Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.328 vs 2.83
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.205 vs 26.388
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 181.508 vs 162.706
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4396 vs 4042
• Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 2221
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4396 vs 4042
• Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 2221

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3141 2765
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	659 366
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11257 13716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31.301 40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	572.795 795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.83 3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	26.388 64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	162.706 181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4042 4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2221 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4042 4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2221 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 3348

Compare specifications (specs)