Radeon Pro 5500 XT vs FirePro W7000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W7000 and Radeon Pro 5500 XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W7000
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 350 Watt
11.11

Pro 5500 XT outperforms W7000 by an impressive 95% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking417248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.95no data
Power efficiency5.1412.06
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code namePitcairnNavi 14
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 June 2012 (12 years ago)4 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

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 cores12801536
Core clock speed950 MHz1187 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1757 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate76.00168.7
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS5.398 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8096

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
Length242 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 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 Connectors4x DisplayPortNo outputs
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
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.

FirePro W7000 11.11
Pro 5500 XT 21.70
+95.3%

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 W7000 4288
Pro 5500 XT 8375
+95.3%

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 11.11 21.70
Recency 13 June 2012 4 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 125 Watt

Pro 5500 XT has a 95.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 180% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W7000 in performance tests.


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