Radeon Pro 5500 XT vs Pro W5500M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro W5500M with Radeon Pro 5500 XT, including specs and performance data.

Pro W5500M
2020
4 GB GDDR6, 85 Watt
9.00

Pro 5500 XT outperforms Pro W5500M by a whopping 141% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking484254
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.2611.92
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 14Navi 14
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date10 February 2020 (4 years ago)4 August 2020 (4 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 cores14081536
Core clock speed1000 MHz1187 MHz
Boost clock speed1450 MHz1757 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate127.6168.7
Floating-point processing power4.083 TFLOPS5.398 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8896

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

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.

Pro W5500M 9.00
Pro 5500 XT 21.73
+141%

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.

Pro W5500M 3469
Pro 5500 XT 8375
+141%

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 9.00 21.73
Recency 10 February 2020 4 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 125 Watt

Pro W5500M has 47.1% lower power consumption.

Pro 5500 XT, on the other hand, has a 141.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Radeon Pro 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro W5500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro W5500M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon Pro 5500 XT is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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