Radeon RX 5500 XT vs PRO WX 9100

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Aggregate performance score

PRO WX 9100
2017
16 GB HBM2, 230 Watt
32.41
+36.8%

PRO WX 9100 outperforms RX 5500 XT by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking158215
Place by popularitynot in top-10082
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.1215.37
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameVega 10Navi 14 XTX
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date10 July 2017 (6 years ago)12 December 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 $169
Current price$1880 (1.2x MSRP)$317 (1.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500 XT has 89% better value for money than PRO WX 9100.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40961408
Core clock speed1200 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1845 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate384.0162.4
Floating-point performance12,288 gflopsno data

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm180 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 WX 9100 32.41
+36.8%
RX 5500 XT 23.69

PRO WX 9100 outperforms RX 5500 XT by 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

PRO WX 9100 12528
+36.8%
RX 5500 XT 9159

PRO WX 9100 outperforms RX 5500 XT by 37% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

PRO WX 9100 64683
+44.2%
RX 5500 XT 44867

PRO WX 9100 outperforms RX 5500 XT by 44% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

PRO WX 9100 67932
+62.1%
RX 5500 XT 41919

PRO WX 9100 outperforms RX 5500 XT by 62% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD100−110
+33.3%
75
−33.3%
1440p55−60
+27.9%
43
−27.9%
4K30−35
+20%
25
−20%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.41 23.69
Recency 10 July 2017 12 December 2019
Cost $1599 $169
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 130 Watt

The Radeon PRO WX 9100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 9100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5500 XT is a desktop one.


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