NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1187 MHz
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • 4.5x more texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
  • 7.5x more pipelines: 10496 vs 1408
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • 5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 732.196 vs 130.7
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7585.258 vs 2361.73
  • 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 63.011 vs 13.641
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 247.569 vs 135.462
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2441.384 vs 774.974
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 33398 vs 12184
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 3463
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 33398 vs 12184
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 vs 10 Feb 2020
Core clock speed 1395 MHz vs 1187 MHz
Boost clock speed 1695 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Texture fill rate 556.0 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10496 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 732.196 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7585.258 vs 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 63.011 vs 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 247.569 vs 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2441.384 vs 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 33398 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33398 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 3463

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W5500

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
732.196
130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7585.258
2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
63.011
13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
247.569
135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2441.384
774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33398
12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33398
12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3355
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 AMD Radeon Pro W5500
PassMark - G3D Mark 26815
PassMark - G2D Mark 1051
Geekbench - OpenCL 188320
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 732.196 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7585.258 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 63.011 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 247.569 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2441.384 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 33398 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33398 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19877

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 1.0
Code name GA102 Navi 14
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 10 Feb 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $1499 $399
Place in performance rating 40 330
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1695 MHz 1400 MHz
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 1187 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 246.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1) 7.885 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 35.58 TFLOPS 3.942 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10496 1408
Pixel fill rate 189.8 GPixel/s 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 556.0 GTexel/s 123.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 125 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 6400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 138 mm (5.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Length 313 mm (12.3 inches) 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 Watt 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pin
Width Triple-slot Single-slot

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 936.2 GB/s 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6