FirePro W5000 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5000 and Radeon RX 5500 XT, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W5000 stacks up against Radeon RX 5500 XT, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon RX 5500 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 130 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 5500 XT has 73% more power consumption, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro W5000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5500 XT uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT has 6 GB more memory, than FirePro W5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - with RDNA 1.0.
  • FirePro W5000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - by 7 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W5000 is 3 mm longer, than Radeon RX 5500 XT.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500 XT is 10800 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 45−50
ultra / 1080p 9−10 30−35
QHD / 1440p 4−5 24−27
4K / 2160p 14−16
low / 720p 30−35 70−75
medium / 1080p 18−20 55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 193% more, than FirePro W5000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon RX 5500 XT
Architecture GCN 1.0 RDNA 1.0
Code name Pitcairn Navi 14
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 12 December 2019
Pipelines 768 1408
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 1845 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 162.4
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops
Length 183 mm 180 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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