AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 925 MHz
131.2x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 205 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

2.7x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1536

Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1536

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
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
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 10	New Zealand
Launch date	Q3'2020	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	331	330
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 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	2x 2048
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 3,789 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)	292 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	3x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5