AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon R9 285

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon R9 285 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) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 918 MHz
  • 1198.4x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 102.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 71.777
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1474.632
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 6.359
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 91.954
  • Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 390.891
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 6474
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3463 vs 3043
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 2782
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 6474
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3463 vs 3043
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 2782
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 2 September 2014
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 918 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 102.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 71.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 6.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 390.891
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 vs 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 vs 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 2782

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

  • Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1408
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 285

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
71.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
6.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
390.891
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
2782
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon R9 285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 71.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 6.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 390.891
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 2782
PassMark - G3D Mark 6680
PassMark - G2D Mark 597
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2778

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon R9 285

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Navi 14 Tonga
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 2 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $249
Place in performance rating 330 448
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 918 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 102.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 5,000 million
Floating-point performance 3,290 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 221 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Width Single-slot

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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 176.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)