AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD FirePro W9000 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.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 975 MHz
1301.3x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 350 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9164 vs 6138
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 785 vs 720
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44843 vs 31775
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 128.135 vs 84.462
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2024.814 vs 1734.394
Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.328 vs 8.988
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.474 vs 86.984
Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 742.778 vs 460.234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164 vs 6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	785 vs 720
Geekbench - OpenCL	44843 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814 vs 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328 vs 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474 vs 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB

Pipelines	2048 vs 1408
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9164

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

785

720

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

44843

31775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

128.135

84.462

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2024.814

1734.394

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.328

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

125.474

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

742.778

460.234

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	785	720
Geekbench - OpenCL	44843	31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4889

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 14	Tahiti
Launch date	12 Dec 2019	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$3,999
Place in performance rating	288	336
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	2048
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,994 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	7.09 inches (180 mm)	279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support