AMD Radeon Pro W6800X vs AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800X and AMD Radeon Pro W5500X 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W6800X

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800X

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1243 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 498.0 GTexel/s vs 277.9 GTexel/s
2.5x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1536
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1243 MHz
Boost clock speed	2075 MHz vs 1855 MHz
Texture fill rate	498.0 GTexel/s vs 277.9 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 1536
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723 vs 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723 vs 3721

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Around 95% lower typical power consumption: 205 Watt vs 400 Watt
7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3360
Geekbench - OpenCL	122443
PassMark - G2D Mark		818
PassMark - G3D Mark		6967

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 1.0
Code name	Navi 21	Navi 10
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	Q3'2020
Place in performance rating	427	294
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2075 MHz	1855 MHz
Compute units	60	20
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	1243 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	996.0 GFLOPS (1:16)	555.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.87 TFLOPS (2:1)	11.2 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.94 TFLOPS	5.6 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	1536
Pixel fill rate	199.2 GPixel/s	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	498.0 GTexel/s	277.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	205 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	10300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	Quad-slot	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6