AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 1375x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1250 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 63.74
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1177.395
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 5.685
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 69.23
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 343.81
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 7988
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 7988
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 31 January 2012
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 7988

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

  • Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 3463
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1408
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3359
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon HD 7950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3359
Geekbench - OpenCL 82144
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1914

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon HD 7950

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Navi 14 Tahiti
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 31 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $449
Place in performance rating 330 527
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1250 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 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 1792
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 4,313 million
Compute units 28
Floating-point performance 2,867 gflops
Stream Processors 1792

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Width Single-slot
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.1 11
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 240 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore