AMD Radeon Pro W5500M vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500M and AMD FirePro W8000 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

AMD FirePro W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
1265.9x more texture fill rate: 127.6 GTexel/s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
4.1x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9943 vs 7400
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9943 vs 7400

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	127.6 GTexel/s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9943 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9943 vs 7400

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
3.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82941 vs 45440

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1792 vs 1408
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL	82941 vs 45440

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9943

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9943

7400

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45440

82941

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500M	AMD FirePro W8000
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9943	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9943	7400
Geekbench - OpenCL	45440	82941
PassMark - G3D Mark		4149
PassMark - G2D Mark		489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		387.109

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500M	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 14	Tahiti
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	407	409
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	255.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.166 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.083 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	1792
Pixel fill rate	46.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	127.6 GTexel/s	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,226 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5