AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon RX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon RX 560 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 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
  • Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 81.60 GTexel/s
  • Around 38% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 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 56.81
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 775.281
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 4.602
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 64.428
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 257.062
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 6571
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 6571
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 81.60 GTexel/s
Pipelines 1408 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3352

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 60-80 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 3463
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60-80 Watt vs 125 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 3463

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3352
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon RX 560
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3352
PassMark - G3D Mark 3647
PassMark - G2D Mark 494
Geekbench - OpenCL 57671
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1803

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon RX 560

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Navi 14 Polaris 21
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $99
Place in performance rating 330 522
Type Desktop Desktop, Laptop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Price now $104.99
Value for money (0-100) 54.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1200-1275 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1090-1175 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 1024
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s 20.40 GP/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 81.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 60-80 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 3,000 million
Compute units 14/16
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024
Texture Units 64

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 450 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 4 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

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)