AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X is a workstation graphics card released on January 1, 2020, built on the RDNA architecture. It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, 224.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a 130 W board power rating. It scores 7,351 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.
Depth: 32 recorded fields, 7 features, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09) and Wikipedia: Video Core Next. Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X scores 7,351 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #396), measured across 2 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 729.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X averages DirectX 9 78 fps, DirectX 10 49 fps, DirectX 11 41 fps, DirectX 12 45 fps and GPU Compute 3,828 ops/s, across 2 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X states up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 1187 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2023-08-27. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X is based on the RDNA architecture, uses the Navi 14 graphics processor, contains 6,400 million transistors and has a die size of 158 mm².
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X 24 compute units.
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.
Memory
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 224.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X has a board power rating of 130 W.
Market
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X was released on January 1, 2020.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X.
Media engine
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported | Supported |
| AV1 | Not supported | Not supported |
| VP9 | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X have?
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 224.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X has a board power rating of 130 W.
How fast is the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X?
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X scores 7,351 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #396. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 45 fps.
Does the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X support AV1 encoding?
No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X.
When was the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X released?
The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X was released on January 1, 2020.