AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and NVIDIA Quadro GP100 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 381.7x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 322.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 235 Watt
  • Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1430 MHz
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 1 October 2016
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 322.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 235 Watt
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1430 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro GP100

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1304 MHz vs 1187 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1442 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1408
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 355.937 vs 130.7
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4858.771 vs 2361.73
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 25.191 vs 13.641
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 144.928 vs 135.462
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1056.078 vs 774.974
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16640 vs 12184
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13211 vs 3463
  • 6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 22133 vs 3355
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16640 vs 12184
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13211 vs 3463
  • 6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 22133 vs 3355
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1304 MHz vs 1187 MHz
Boost clock speed 1442 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Pipelines 3584 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 355.937 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4858.771 vs 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 25.191 vs 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 144.928 vs 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1056.078 vs 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16640 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13211 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 22133 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16640 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13211 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 22133 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro GP100

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
4858.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
22133
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
22133
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 NVIDIA Quadro GP100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 4858.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 22133
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 22133
PassMark - G3D Mark 16374
PassMark - G2D Mark 847
Geekbench - OpenCL 84757

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Pascal
Code name Navi 14 GP100
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 1 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 330 88
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1442 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1304 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 16 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 3584
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 322.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 235 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 15,300 million
Floating-point performance 10,329 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x 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 1x 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 921.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 1430 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2