AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500

AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 834 MHz
1318.9x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 56.272
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 778.867
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 5.051
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 65.535
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 336.811

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 834 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	130.7 vs 56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2361.73 vs 778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.641 vs 5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462 vs 65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	774.974 vs 336.811

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5460 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Pipelines	1792 vs 1408
Memory clock speed	5460 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

130.7

56.272

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2361.73

778.867

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.641

5.051

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.462

65.535

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

774.974

336.811

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	130.7	56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2361.73	778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.641	5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462	65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	774.974	336.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
PassMark - G2D Mark		745
PassMark - G3D Mark		5024
Geekbench - OpenCL		23577

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 14	Grenada
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	330	421
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	834 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	93.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2,989 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
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
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	174.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)	5460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore