AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon E8950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon E8950 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 962.5x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 66.837
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1369.722
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 6.633
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 65.836
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 326.391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 326.391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

  • Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 3.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Pipelines 2048 vs 1408
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8950

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
326.391
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon E8950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 326.391
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon E8950

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Navi 14 Amethyst
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 29 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 330 732
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 735 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 128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 95 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 5,000 million
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Width Single-slot

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5