Radeon Pro 455 vs Radeon Sky 500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon Pro 455 and Radeon Sky 500, 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 Radeon Pro 455 stacks up against Radeon Sky 500, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 455 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 455 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon Pro 455 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro 455 Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Sky 500 has 328% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 455.
  • Radeon Pro 455 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro 455.
  • Radeon Pro 455 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon Sky 500 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon Pro 455 is build with Polaris architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 95 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 455.
  • Radeon Pro 455 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 455 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
ultra / 1080p 9−10 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 20−22 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 128% more, than Radeon Pro 455.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro 455 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Polaris GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 11 Pitcairn
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 October 2016 27 March 2013
Pipelines 768 1280
Core clock speed 855 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 41.04 76.00
Floating-point performance 1,313 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 81.28 GB/s 154 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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