AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 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 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 250 Watt
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 13 August 2018
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1187 MHz
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 488.989 vs 130.7
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5451.006 vs 2361.73
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.461 vs 13.641
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 153.677 vs 135.462
  • Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1534.582 vs 774.974
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19571 vs 12184
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3463
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19571 vs 12184
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1440 MHz vs 1187 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 488.989 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5451.006 vs 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.461 vs 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 153.677 vs 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1534.582 vs 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19571 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19571 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
488.989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
5451.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
1534.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3357
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 488.989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 5451.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 1534.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3357
PassMark - G3D Mark 18872
PassMark - G2D Mark 791
Geekbench - OpenCL 74179
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 13943

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Code name Navi 14 TU102
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 13 August 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $6,299
Place in performance rating 330 112
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 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
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 18,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

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
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6