AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 915 MHz
Around 82% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1019 MHz
1187.6x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 234 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 205 Watt vs 300 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
2.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3721 vs 1849
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3721 vs 1849
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 1673
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 1673
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 818 vs 465
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 5590

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 234 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 1673
PassMark - G2D Mark	818 vs 465
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967 vs 5590

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

2x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 1536

Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 1536

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3721

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3721

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

1673

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

1673

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

818

465

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6967

5590

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	1673
PassMark - G2D Mark	818	465
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967	5590
Geekbench - OpenCL		16270
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Navi 10	GK104
Launch date	Q3'2020	3 May 2012
Place in performance rating	294	735
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999
Value for money (0-100)		7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz	1019 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	915 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 1536
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		3072
Floating-point performance		2x 3,130 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)	11.0" (27.9 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Two 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	384 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA