AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD FirePro W8100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD FirePro W8100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1448 MHz vs 824 MHz
  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 131.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38100 vs 34705
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 5494
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 5494
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 vs 23 June 2014
Core clock speed 1448 MHz vs 824 MHz
Texture fill rate 144.76 GT/s vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 38100 vs 34705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 vs 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 vs 5494

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7333 vs 3166
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 727 vs 336
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 3617
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 3617
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7333 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark 727 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3166
7333
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
727
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
38100
34705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3349
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD FirePro W8100
PassMark - G3D Mark 3166 7333
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 727
Geekbench - OpenCL 38100 34705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3617 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3617 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 93.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2333.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 112.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 440.107

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD FirePro W8100

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 2.0
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 23 June 2014
Place in performance rating 397 395
Type Laptop Workstation
Code name Hawaii

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1645 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1448 MHz 824 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors 1408
Texture fill rate 144.76 GT/s 131.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 6400 million 6,200 million
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops
Pipelines 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Supplementary power connectors 1 x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 279 mm

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 512 Bit
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support

Video outputs and ports

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6