AMD Radeon Pro 555X vs AMD FirePro D500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555X and AMD FirePro D500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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 555X

AMD FirePro D500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 907 MHz vs 725 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 274 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 July 2018 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed	907 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 274 Watt
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17885 vs 12706
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.776 vs 35.283
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1063.081 vs 668.308
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.568 vs 3.158
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.789 vs 49.593
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6020 vs 4093
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 2350
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6020 vs 4093
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 2350

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17885 vs 12706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776 vs 35.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081 vs 668.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568 vs 3.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789 vs 49.593
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020 vs 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 2350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020 vs 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 2350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12706

17885

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.283

49.776

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

668.308

1063.081

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.158

4.568

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

49.593

65.789

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

6020

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

6020

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3349

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	AMD FirePro D500
Geekbench - OpenCL	12706	17885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.283	49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	668.308	1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.158	4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593	65.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	170.952
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4093	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2350	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4093	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2350	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	AMD FirePro D500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Tahiti
Launch date	16 July 2018	18 January 2014
Place in performance rating	964	668
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	907 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	274 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2,227 gflops
Texture fill rate		69.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		243.8 GB / s