AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD FirePro W9000 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 975 MHz
987.2x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
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
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 84.462
Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1734.394
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 8.988
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 86.984
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 460.234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	130.7 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2361.73 vs 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.641 vs 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462 vs 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	774.974 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Pipelines	2048 vs 1408
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

130.7

84.462

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2361.73

1734.394

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.641

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.462

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

774.974

460.234

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	AMD FirePro W9000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	130.7	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2361.73	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.641	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	774.974	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
PassMark - G3D Mark		6157
PassMark - G2D Mark		753
Geekbench - OpenCL		31775

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 14	Tahiti
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$3,999
Place in performance rating	324	337
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	975 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	2048
Pixel fill rate	44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,994 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
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 + 1x 8-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	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5