FirePro D700 vs Radeon Pro W5500M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro W5500M with FirePro D700, including specs and performance data.
D700 outperforms Pro W5500M by a whopping 167% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 614 | 373 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 10 February 2020 (4 years ago) | 18 January 2014 (10 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 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1450 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 274 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 127.6 | 108.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.083 gflops | 3.482 gflops |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | 128 |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 279 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 12000 MHz | 5480 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 263.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
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 | 5.21 | 13.89 |
| Recency | 10 February 2020 | 18 January 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 274 Watt |
Pro W5500M has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 222.4% lower power consumption.
FirePro D700, on the other hand, has a 166.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The FirePro D700 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 FirePro D700 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Comparisons with similar GPUs
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.
