Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon RX Vega 56
Summary
Radeon RX 5500 XT
305%
Radeon RX Vega 56
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT |
| 205% higher gaming performance. |
| 80 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 56 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (25 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | vs | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 484 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 12,500 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 3584 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 56 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1156 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 224 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | HBM2 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 2048 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 210 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | vs | 8 Aug 2017 |
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.04 GP/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
162.40 GT/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
224.00 GB/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5196.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
49
Radeon RX Vega 56
57
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
78
Radeon RX Vega 56
108
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
36
Radeon RX Vega 56
63
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
85
Radeon RX Vega 56
117
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
60
Radeon RX Vega 56
1
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
58
Radeon RX Vega 56
84
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
28
Radeon RX Vega 56
35
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
38
Radeon RX Vega 56
58
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
66
Radeon RX Vega 56
81
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
31
Radeon RX Vega 56
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59
Radeon RX Vega 56
82
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
Radeon RX Vega 56
46
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
57
Radeon RX Vega 56
82
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
41
Radeon RX Vega 56
58
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
20
Radeon RX Vega 56
26
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
30
Radeon RX Vega 56
45
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
43
Radeon RX Vega 56
54
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
17
Radeon RX Vega 56
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
33
Radeon RX Vega 56
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
14
Radeon RX Vega 56
26
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
Radeon RX Vega 56
43
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
14
Radeon RX Vega 56
32
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
10
Radeon RX Vega 56
15
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
18
Radeon RX Vega 56
29
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
22
Radeon RX Vega 56
28
FPS (higher is better)