AMD Radeon Pro 555X vs AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555X and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro 555X

AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 907 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 9% higher pipelines: 768 vs 704
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4093 vs 1427
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4093 vs 1427

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 July 2018 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	907 MHz vs 780 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 704
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4093 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4093 vs 1427

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 12519
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2636 vs 2350
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2636 vs 2350

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666 vs 12519
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2636 vs 2350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2636 vs 2350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12519

21666

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

1427

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

2636

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

1427

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

2636

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3358

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
Geekbench - OpenCL	12519	21666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	668.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	170.952
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4093	1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2350	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4093	1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2350	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3358
PassMark - G2D Mark		181
PassMark - G3D Mark		797

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Meso
Launch date	16 July 2018	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	981	1007
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	907 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	704
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,100 million
Boost clock speed		1021 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 + 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR4 / DDR3
Shared memory		0