AMD Radeon Pro W5700 vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700 and AMD Radeon HD 6550A 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro W5700

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 550 MHz
17814.1x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 2304 vs 480
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
8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 921 vs 609
21.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15228 vs 708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Nov 2019 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	921 vs 609
PassMark - G3D Mark	15228 vs 708

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

5.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

921

609

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15228

708

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5700	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
PassMark - G2D Mark	921	609
PassMark - G3D Mark	15228	708
Geekbench - OpenCL	69098
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11065
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11065

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5700	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Navi 10	Pinewood
Launch date	19 Nov 2019	7 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	194	213
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1930 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	555.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.893 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	480
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	627 million
Floating-point performance		624.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3