AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 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
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 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
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3290
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3290
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 13 August 2018
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3290

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 401.574 vs 130.7
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6432.348 vs 2361.73
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.914 vs 13.641
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.219 vs 135.462
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2101.927 vs 774.974
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 12184
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3652 vs 3463
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 12184
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3652 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 401.574 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348 vs 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.914 vs 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 vs 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 vs 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21578 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3652 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3652 vs 3463

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3290
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3290
PassMark - G3D Mark 19370
PassMark - G2D Mark 869
Geekbench - OpenCL 137262
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Code name Navi 14 TU102
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 13 August 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $9,999
Place in performance rating 330 103
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1005 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