AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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) 7 month(s) later
  • 300.8x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 300 Watt
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1187 MHz
  • Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1408
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 190.25 vs 130.7
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3611.018 vs 2361.73
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.789 vs 13.641
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 135.462
  • Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 774.974
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12980 vs 12184
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3463
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12980 vs 12184
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 1187 MHz
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018 vs 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789 vs 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 vs 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3356
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3356
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 75593
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 14 Vega 10
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $999
Place in performance rating 330 198
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1382 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 4096
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Width Single-slot

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2