AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 850 MHz
14861x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 18.7 billion / sec
4.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 352
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
11.7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 818 vs 458
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 1617

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	1536 vs 352
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	818 vs 458
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967 vs 1617

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

818

458

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6967

1617

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
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	818	458
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967	1617

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Navi 10	GF100
Launch date	Q3'2020	25 May 2010
Place in performance rating	294	292
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 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	352
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	3,100 million
Floating-point performance		598.4 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.1	12 API
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI