AMD Radeon Pro W6600 vs AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600 and AMD Radeon Pro W5500 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro W6600

AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1187 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2903 MHz vs 1400 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 325.1 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
Around 27% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1408
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 270.025 vs 130.7
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4980.223 vs 2361.73
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 20.735 vs 13.641
Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1054.582 vs 774.974
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20826 vs 12184
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15778 vs 3463
12.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 42325 vs 3355
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20826 vs 12184
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15778 vs 3463
12.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 42325 vs 3355

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jun 2021 vs 10 Feb 2020
Core clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1187 MHz
Boost clock speed	2903 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Texture fill rate	325.1 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1408
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	270.025 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4980.223 vs 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.735 vs 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1054.582 vs 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20826 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	15778 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	42325 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20826 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	15778 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	42325 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 130 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.462 vs 135.303

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W5500

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

270.025

130.7

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4980.223

2361.73

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20.735

13.641

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.303

135.462

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1054.582

774.974

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20826

12184

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15778

3463

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

42325

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20826

12184

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15778

3463

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

42325

3355

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600	AMD Radeon Pro W5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	15615
PassMark - G2D Mark	981
Geekbench - OpenCL	72837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	270.025	130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4980.223	2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.735	13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.303	135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1054.582	774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20826	12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	15778	3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	42325	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20826	12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	15778	3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	42325	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6600	AMD Radeon Pro W5500
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 1.0
Code name	Navi 23	Navi 14
Launch date	8 Jun 2021	10 Feb 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$399
Place in performance rating	65	340
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2903 MHz	1400 MHz
Compute units	28
Core clock speed	2200 MHz	1187 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	650.3 GFLOPS (1:16)	246.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.81 TFLOPS (2:1)	7.885 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.40 TFLOPS	3.942 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1792	1408
Pixel fill rate	185.8 GPixel/s	44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	325.1 GTexel/s	123.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	6400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	241 mm (9.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Width		Single-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6