AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 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 X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 575 MHz
17855.1x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
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		146
PassMark - G2D Mark		409

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	R500
Code name	Navi 14	R580
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	1 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	330	388
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	90 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
Pixel fill rate	44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Single-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3