AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 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.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

3.6x more core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 350 MHz
66166.7x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 130 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
23.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 600 MHz
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 818 vs 152
56.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 124

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	818 vs 152
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967 vs 124

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

3.7x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

818

152

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6967

124

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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	152
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967	124

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Curie
Code name	Navi 10	NV41
Launch date	Q3'2020	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	294	1070
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	130 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
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR