AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon R9 280 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 933 MHz
  • 1178.9x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 200 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
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 67.829
  • Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1266.685
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 6.495
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 79.909
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 365.384
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 7957
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3337
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 7957
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 4 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 933 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 200 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 67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

  • Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3463
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1408
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 3463

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3337
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon R9 280
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3337
PassMark - G3D Mark 5568
PassMark - G2D Mark 665
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2009

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon R9 280

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Navi 14 Tahiti
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 4 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $279
Place in performance rating 330 422
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 933 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 104.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 4,313 million
Floating-point performance 3,344 gflops
Stream Processors 1792

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Width Single-slot
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
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
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)