AMD Radeon Pro W5500M vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500M and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • 1678.9x more texture fill rate: 127.6 GTexel/s vs 76 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
  • Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 2116
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 2116
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9943 vs 3585
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9943 vs 3585
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 27 March 2013
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate 127.6 GTexel/s vs 76 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9943 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9943 vs 3585

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5116 vs 3356
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5116 vs 3356
  • Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74902 vs 45724
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5116 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5116 vs 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL 74902 vs 45724

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
5116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9943
3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9943
3585
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
45724
74902
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500M AMD Radeon Sky 500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 5116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9943 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9943 3585
Geekbench - OpenCL 45724 74902
PassMark - G3D Mark 4764
PassMark - G2D Mark 551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 247.642

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500M AMD Radeon Sky 500

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Navi 14 Pitcairn
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 27 March 2013
Place in performance rating 400 510
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1450 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 950 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 76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 242 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 154 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5