AMD Radeon Pro W5500M vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500M and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 743 MHz
10731.7x more texture fill rate: 127.6 GTexel/s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
4.4x more pipelines: 1408 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 80 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 215 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	127.6 GTexel/s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)

Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500M	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9943
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9943
Geekbench - OpenCL	45724
PassMark - G3D Mark		660
PassMark - G2D Mark		397

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500M	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 14	R600
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	400	375
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	743 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	80 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	320
Pixel fill rate	46.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	127.6 GTexel/s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	720 million
Floating-point performance		475.5 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3