AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD FirePro R5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD FirePro R5000 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: 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • 3111.1x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 83% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 768
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 25 February 2013
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro R5000

  • Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 3463
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 vs 3463

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD FirePro R5000

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3342
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD FirePro R5000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3342
PassMark - G2D Mark 625
PassMark - G3D Mark 2647

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD FirePro R5000

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Navi 14 Pitcairn
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 25 February 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $1,099
Place in performance rating 330 402
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 246.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 7.885 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 3.942 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 768
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Width Single-slot
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 3200 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5