AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon R9 370

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon R9 370 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • 1579.5x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 78 GTexel / s
  • Around 10% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1280
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 64.576
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 336.491
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 6096
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 6096
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 925 MHz
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 78 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 6096

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

  • Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3463
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 125 Watt
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 370

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3357
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon R9 370
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3357
PassMark - G3D Mark 4722
PassMark - G2D Mark 781
Geekbench - OpenCL 75346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon R9 370

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Navi 14 Trinidad
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 330 407
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 975 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 925 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 1280
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops

Video outputs and ports

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

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 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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 179.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 5600 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5