Wednesday, February 5th 2020

AMD Readies Radeon Pro W5500, Navi 14 Wears a Suit

AMD is giving final touches to the Radeon Pro W5500, a mid-range professional graphics card, which surfaced on an early listing by workstation builder SabrePC. Going by AMD's new nomenclature for its Radeon Pro W-series graphics cards, the W5500 could possibly be a professional variant of the RX 5500 XT, based on the 7 nm "Navi 14" silicon. It remains to be seen however, if AMD enables all 1,536 stream processors on the silicon, or if it's strictly aligned with the core-configuration of the RX 5500 XT (1,408 stream processors). Currently the only AMD product to max out this silicon is the Radeon Pro 5500M found exclusively in the new 16-inch Apple MacBook Pro.

AMD's Radeon Pro W5500 includes 8 GB of GDDR6 memory across the chip's 128-bit wide memory interface. According to the now-redacted SabrePC listing reported by Tom's Hardware, the W5500 apparently features four DisplayPorts, one short of the W5700, and there's no mention of the card supporting USB-C. The listing also mentions a price of USD $391.57, which, although a placeholder, closely aligns with the card's competitor, the NVIDIA Quadro P2200, which retails around the $400-mark.
Source: Tom's Hardware
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11 Comments on AMD Readies Radeon Pro W5500, Navi 14 Wears a Suit

#1
notb
Was it confirmed that W5500 is on this photo?
Dual slot in this segment looks a bit weird. 7nm heat concentration making trouble?

Competing P2200 is single slot. Even much faster P4000 and RTX4000 are.

In AMD camp: a single slot WX7100 shouldn't be far behind (if at all).
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eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
Too bad bios are signed now for both green and red
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#3
notb
eidairaman1Too bad bios are signed now for both green and red
Because?
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notb
eidairaman1Do research
You've posted an opinion and I'm asking about it. That is the research.
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#6
Cheeseball
Not a Potato
eidairaman1Too bad bios are signed now for both green and red
They were being signed for a while now, weren't they? Since 2014 for both companies (since Maxwell and Southern Islands)?
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eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
CheeseballThey were being signed for a while now, weren't they? Since 2014 for both companies (since Maxwell and Southern Islands)?
Ygpm
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#8
enxo218
blowers just won't die
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notb
enxo218blowers just won't die
It's a workstation/server card, so the exhaust should be parallel to PCB.

Honestly, they're far from bad. Cards with TDP up to around 150W are totally acceptable.
Larger ones are a bit noisy, but... they won't stand out dramatically in a typical office (people talking, loud ventilation etc).
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#10
Beerbam
enxo218blowers just won't die
Yep, centrifugal fans - blowers will never die. :(

Every some months news of a new fan whatever improvement.
Last one was some San Ace in December, don't think TPU has reviews/marketing for them so I spare you the PN. ^^
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lexluthermiester
notbYou've posted an opinion and I'm asking about it. That is the research.
No, you're asking for an explanation to something that takes two seconds to think about and arrive at a reasonable conclusion. You're a regular to TPU, you should know this. Quit trolling.
CheeseballThey were being signed for a while now, weren't they? Since 2014 for both companies (since Maxwell and Southern Islands)?
AMD only recently started doing it.
BeerbamYep, centrifugal fans - blowers will never die.
They work well, there is no reason to stop using them.
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