AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon RX 580 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 4% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1340 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 185 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 116.142
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1022.932
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 9.235
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 84.034
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 607.721
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 11281
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 11281
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 18 April 2017
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1187 MHz
  • Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
  • Around 64% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1408
  • 4.6x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 3463
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1187 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2304 vs 1408
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 3463

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3349
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon RX 580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3349
PassMark - G3D Mark 8856
PassMark - G2D Mark 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 39684
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4362

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon RX 580

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Navi 14 Polaris 20
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $229
Place in performance rating 340 339
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Price now $169.99
Value for money (0-100) 76.21

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1340 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1257 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 2304
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s 42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 185 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 5,700 million
Compute units 36
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture Units 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 8-pin
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 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 8000 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)
VR Ready