AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon RX 560X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon RX 560X 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 RX 560X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 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
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 5698
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 5698

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 3 April 2018
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz vs 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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12184 vs 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12184 vs 5698

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 125 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4873 vs 3463
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4873 vs 3463

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 125 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4873 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4873 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12184

5698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3463

4873

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12184

5698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3463

4873

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	AMD Radeon RX 560X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	130.7
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12184	5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3463	4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12184	5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3463	4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark		669
PassMark - G3D Mark		3553
Geekbench - OpenCL		16372

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	AMD Radeon RX 560X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 14	Polaris 21
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	3 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	330	384
Type	Desktop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	1275 MHz
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	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	75 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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
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	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 Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support