ATI Radeon 9500 PRO vs Pro W5700
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro W5700 with Radeon 9500 PRO, including specs and performance data.
Pro W5700 outperforms 9500 PRO by a whopping 33780% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 169 | 1520 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 15.19 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 12.73 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Rage 8 (2002−2007) |
| GPU code name | Navi 10 | R300 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 November 2019 (6 years ago) | 1 October 2002 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2304 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1243 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1930 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10,300 million | 110 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 277.9 | 2.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.893 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 144 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 305 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 270 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 8.64 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 | 5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 9.0 (9_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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 | 33.88 | 0.10 |
| Recency | 19 November 2019 | 1 October 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 150 nm |
Pro W5700 has a 33780% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2043% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon Pro W5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9500 PRO in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro W5700 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 9500 PRO is a desktop one.
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