AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM 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 - 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).

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 86% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1000 MHz
130.6x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 205 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 729 vs 658
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7351 vs 5214

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt vs 375 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	729 vs 658
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351 vs 5214

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

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 8990 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

729

658

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7351

5214

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
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	658
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351	5214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		470.237

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 10	Malta
Launch date	Q3'2020	24 April 2013
Place in performance rating	309	320
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	950 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 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 4,096 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)	307 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 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 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5