AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 669 MHz
584.7x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
2.2x more pipelines: 1408 vs 2x 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 140 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1656 MHz

Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 669 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	1408 vs 2x 320
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1656 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
PassMark - G3D Mark		822
PassMark - G2D Mark		422

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 14	RV670
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$349
Place in performance rating	340	343
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	669 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 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	2x 320
Pixel fill rate	44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		2x 428.2 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Width	Single-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3