FirePro V5900 vs Radeon RX 550

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5900 and Radeon RX 550, 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 V5900 stacks up against Radeon RX 550, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon RX 550
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
  Check Price Check Price
  • FirePro V5900 has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550.
  • FirePro V5900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 550 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 500 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V5900 is 85 mm longer, than Radeon RX 550.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 5000 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 14−16
ultra / 1080p 2−3 8−9
QHD / 1440p 1−2 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 30−33
medium / 1080p 7−8 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon RX 550
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 4.0
Code name Cayman Lexa
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 20 April 2017
Pipelines 512 512
Core clock speed 600 MHz 1100 MHz
Boost Clock 1183 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 37.86
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 1,211 gflops
Length 230 mm 145 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
  Check Price Check Price