AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs AMD FireStream 9250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and AMD FireStream 9250 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

AMD FireStream 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 625 MHz
11116x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 92% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 729 vs 465
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7351 vs 1165

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	729 vs 465
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351 vs 1165

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9250

Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

729

465

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7351

1165

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	AMD FireStream 9250
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
PassMark - G2D Mark	729	465
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351	1165

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	AMD FireStream 9250
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 10	RV770
Launch date	Q3'2020	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	331	328
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	555.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.2 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.6 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1536	800
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		1,000.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3