AMD Radeon Pro W5500M vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500M and AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) 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, 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 RX 470 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 926 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1206 MHz
928x more texture fill rate: 127.6 GTexel/s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 2443
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 2443
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1674
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1674
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45724 vs 34596

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 4 August 2016
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 926 MHz
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Texture fill rate	127.6 GTexel/s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 1674
Geekbench - OpenCL	45724 vs 34596

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
4.4x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1408
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983 vs 9943
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983 vs 9943

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

2443

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

2443

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

1674

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

1674

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9943

9983

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9943

9983

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45724

34596

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500M	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9943	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9943	9983
Geekbench - OpenCL	45724	34596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3700

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500M	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 14	Ellesmere
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	4 August 2016
Place in performance rating	399	479
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$549.99
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz	1206 MHz
Compute units	22	32
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	926 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 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	2048
Pixel fill rate	46.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	127.6 GTexel/s	137.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		4.9 TFLOPs
GPU Power		85-110 Watt
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	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	211 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	6600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore