AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM 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.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
57.9x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 44.481
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1984.655
Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 8.536
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 125.504
Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 470.237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 375 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	130.7 vs 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2361.73 vs 1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.641 vs 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462 vs 125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	774.974 vs 470.237

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

2.9x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1408
3.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1408
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

130.7

44.481

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2361.73

1984.655

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.641

8.536

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.462

125.504

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

774.974

470.237

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	130.7	44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2361.73	1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.641	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462	125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	774.974	470.237
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 - G2D Mark		658
PassMark - G3D Mark		5214

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 14	Malta
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	24 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$999
Place in performance rating	324	327
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	950 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	2x 2048
Pixel fill rate	44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 4,096 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	307 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Width	Single-slot
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	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5