A30 PCIe vs Radeon Pro W5500M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 546 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.48 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | GA100 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 10 February 2020 (5 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (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 cores | 1408 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1450 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 127.6 | 322.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.083 TFLOPS | 10.32 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| TMUs | 88 | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 224 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 24 MB |
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 | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 8-pin EPS |
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 | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 3072 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1215 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 933.1 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 February 2020 | 12 April 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 165 Watt |
Pro W5500M has 94.1% lower power consumption.
A30 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro W5500M and A30 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Pro W5500M is a mobile workstation graphics card while A30 PCIe is a workstation one.
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