AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 1090 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 1833.3x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 57% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 896
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 55.048
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 969.655
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 4.655
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 76.807
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 239.111
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 6821
  • 105.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 115.4
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 8 August 2016
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 896
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 115.4

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 125 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
115.4
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 115.4
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355
PassMark - G3D Mark 4102
PassMark - G2D Mark 575
Geekbench - OpenCL 17646
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1724

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Navi 14 Baffin
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 8 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $86
Place in performance rating 330 551
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Price now $179.50
Value for money (0-100) 33.86

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1090 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 896
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 67.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 70 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 3,000 million
Compute units 14
Floating-point performance 2.2 TFLOPs
GPU Power 35-48 Watt
Stream Processors 896

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Width Single-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.0 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 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore