AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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) 1 month(s) later
- Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 1040.5x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 118.4 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 27% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1375 MHz
- Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 84.381
- Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1389.754
- Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 8.872
- Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 101.929
- Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 481.76
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 9448
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 9448
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 10 Feb 2020 vs 22 December 2011 |
| Boost clock speed | 1400 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 123.2 GTexel/s vs 118.4 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 1375 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 130.7 vs 84.381 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2361.73 vs 1389.754 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.641 vs 8.872 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 135.462 vs 101.929 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 774.974 vs 481.76 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12184 vs 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 vs 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12184 vs 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 vs 3350 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 3463
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 3463
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1408 |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 vs 3463 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 vs 3463 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon Pro W5500 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 130.7 | 84.381 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2361.73 | 1389.754 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.641 | 8.872 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 135.462 | 101.929 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 774.974 | 481.76 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12184 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3463 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12184 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3463 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 | 3350 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon Pro W5500 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | |
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| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Navi 14 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 10 Feb 2020 | 22 December 2011 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $549 |
| Place in performance rating | 330 | 483 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1400 MHz | 925 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 | 2048 |
| Pixel fill rate | 44.80 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 123.2 GTexel/s | 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 125 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Transistor count | 6400 million | 4,313 million |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm (10.5 inches) | 274 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 2.1 x16 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.1 | 11 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 264 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) | 1375 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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