AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD FirePro W5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD FirePro W5100 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 838.518
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 4397
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 4397
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 31 March 2014
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 838.518
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 4397

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • 1190x better floating-point performance: 1,428 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2978 vs 2690
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 476
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11724 vs 11610
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 35.15 vs 33.507
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.199 vs 3.064
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.354 vs 52.533
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 163.258 vs 140.911
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2158
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 44.64 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2978 vs 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 531 vs 476
Geekbench - OpenCL 11724 vs 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 35.15 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.199 vs 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.354 vs 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 163.258 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
2978
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
531
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3356
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD FirePro W5100
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 2978
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 531
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD FirePro W5100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Lexa Bonaire
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 31 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 876 627
Price now $75
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count 4
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 171 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Half Length

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)