Radeon Pro W5500X vs FirePro S9050

Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro S9050 and Radeon Pro W5500X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro S9050
2014
12 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
12.70

Pro W5500X outperforms S9050 by an impressive 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking388287
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data20.35
Power efficiency3.9110.55
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTahitiNavi 14
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 August 2014 (10 years ago)11 December 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores17921536
Core clock speed900 MHz1187 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1757 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate100.8168.7
Floating-point processing power3.226 TFLOPS5.398 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs11296

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth264 GB/s224.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DisplayPort2x HDMI 2.0b
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro S9050 12.70
Pro W5500X 19.05
+50%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro S9050 4901
Pro W5500X 7350
+50%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.70 19.05
Recency 7 August 2014 11 December 2019
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 125 Watt

FirePro S9050 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Pro W5500X, on the other hand, has a 50% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro W5500X is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro S9050 in performance tests.


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