AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q 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.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 98% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1215 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 2046.214
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 94.532
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 645.647
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 10140
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 10140

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 27 May 2019
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2361.73 vs 2046.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462 vs 94.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	774.974 vs 645.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12184 vs 10140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12184 vs 10140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 175.0 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
Around 64% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1408
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 125 Watt
Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 220.867 vs 130.7
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.026 vs 13.641
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 3463
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 3463

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	175.0 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1408
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	220.867 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.026 vs 13.641
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706 vs 3463

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

130.7

220.867

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2361.73

2046.214

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.641

16.026

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.462

94.532

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

774.974

645.647

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12184

10140

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3463

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12184

10140

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3463

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3351

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	130.7	220.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2361.73	2046.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.641	16.026
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462	94.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	774.974	645.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12184	10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3463	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12184	10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3463	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3351
PassMark - G3D Mark		8255
PassMark - G2D Mark		341
Geekbench - OpenCL		68305

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 14	TU106
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	27 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	340	337
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	1215 MHz
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	246.4 GFLOPS (1:16)	175.0 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.885 TFLOPS (2:1)	11.20 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.942 TFLOPS	5.599 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	2304
Pixel fill rate	44.80 GPixel/s	77.76 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	123.2 GTexel/s	175.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	10800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Width	Single-slot	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6