FirePro D500 vs Radeon Pro 5700 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro 5700 XT and FirePro D500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro 5700 XT
2020
16 GB GDDR6, 130 Watt
32.73
+202%

Pro 5700 XT outperforms D500 by a whopping 202% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking164427
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency17.262.71
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 10Tahiti
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date4 August 2020 (4 years ago)18 January 2014 (10 years ago)

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 cores25601536
Core clock speed1243 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed1499 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,300 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt274 Watt
Texture fill rate239.869.60
Floating-point processing power7.675 TFLOPS2.227 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16096

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data279 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1270 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s243.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.21.2.131

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 32.73 10.84
Recency 4 August 2020 18 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 274 Watt

Pro 5700 XT has a 201.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 110.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.


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