AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 320.8x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3336
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3336
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 10 July 2017
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1187 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1408
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 174.714 vs 130.7
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3924.968 vs 2361.73
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.305 vs 13.641
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 175.219 vs 135.462
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1226.861 vs 774.974
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13848 vs 12184
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3680 vs 3463
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13848 vs 12184
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3680 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1187 MHz
Boost clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 174.714 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3924.968 vs 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.305 vs 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 175.219 vs 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1226.861 vs 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13848 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3680 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13848 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3680 vs 3463

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
174.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
3924.968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
17.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
1226.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
13848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
13848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3336
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 174.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 3924.968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 17.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 1226.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 13848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 13848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3336
PassMark - G3D Mark 12844
PassMark - G2D Mark 769
Geekbench - OpenCL 64683

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon PRO WX 9100

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 14 Vega 10
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 10 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $1,599
Place in performance rating 330 196
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1500 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 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 4096
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 384.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 230 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 6x mini-DisplayPort

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 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width Single-slot

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2