AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and AMD Radeon R9 380X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

AMD Radeon R9 380X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Around 91% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 970 MHz
2237.5x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
14.4x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 729 vs 665
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7351 vs 6195

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721 vs 3717
PassMark - G2D Mark	729 vs 665
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351 vs 6195

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 205 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380X

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3721

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3721

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3361

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

729

665

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7351

6195

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	AMD Radeon R9 380X
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3361
PassMark - G2D Mark	729	665
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351	6195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9685
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	AMD Radeon R9 380X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Navi 10	Antigua
Launch date	Q3'2020	19 November 2015
Place in performance rating	309	312
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$528.44
Value for money (0-100)		15.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz	970 MHz
Compute units	20	32
Core clock speed	1243 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	2048
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	124.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		3,973 gflops
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)	221 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2 x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	970 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore