Radeon Pro VII vs Pro W5500

Place in performance ranking	215	116
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	46.27	11.23
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Navi 14	Vega 20
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	10 February 2020 (4 years ago)	13 May 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$1,899
Current price	$308 (0.8x MSRP)	$2378 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro W5500 has 312% better value for money than Pro VII.

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 cores	1408	3840
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	1700 MHz
Number of transistors	6,400 million	13,230 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	123.2	408.0

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 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 type	GDDR6	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	1024 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 Connectors

4x DisplayPort

6x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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 W5500 23.63

Pro VII 37.69
+59.5%

Pro VII outperforms Pro W5500 by 60% based on our aggregated 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 W5500 9146

Pro VII 14587
+59.5%

Pro VII outperforms Pro W5500 by 59% in Passmark.

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	23.63	37.69
Recency	10 February 2020	13 May 2020
Cost	$399	$1899
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	250 Watt