AMD Radeon Pro W5500M vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1000 MHz
1595x more texture fill rate: 127.6 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Around 10% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 1200 MHz
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9943 vs 6821
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9943 vs 6821

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	127.6 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9943 vs 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9943 vs 6821

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 45724

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430 vs 45724

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9943

6821

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9943

6821

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45724

77430

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500M	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9943	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9943	6821
Geekbench - OpenCL	45724	77430
PassMark - G3D Mark		4638
PassMark - G2D Mark		589
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		294.215
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500M	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 14	Pitcairn
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	400	477
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1000 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	1280
Pixel fill rate	46.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	127.6 GTexel/s	80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,560 gflops
Stream Processors		1024
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	11
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync