AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 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 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 713 MHz
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1086 MHz
  • 1013.2x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 121.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 87.861
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1362.14
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 6.025
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 106.141
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 250.267
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 5579
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3463 vs 1691
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 1565
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 5579
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3463 vs 1691
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 1565
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 18 November 2016
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 713 MHz
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1086 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 121.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 87.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 1362.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 6.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 106.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 250.267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 vs 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 vs 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 1565

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

  • Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1408
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 125 Watt
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
87.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
1362.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
6.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
106.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
250.267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
1565
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 87.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 1362.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 6.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 106.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 250.267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 1565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 5579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 1691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 1565
PassMark - G3D Mark 5582
PassMark - G2D Mark 778
Geekbench - OpenCL 25596

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Navi 14 Ellesmere
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 18 November 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $499
Place in performance rating 330 470
Type Desktop Workstation
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 19.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1086 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 713 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 1792
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 121.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 5,700 million
Floating-point performance 3,892 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
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 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5