Radeon RX 5500 vs Radeon RX 580
Summary
Radeon RX 5500
100%
Radeon RX 580
110%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 |
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 580 |
10% higher gaming performance. |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580
The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | | Radeon RX 580 | |
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GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XT) | vs | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) |
Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 14 nm |
Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 232 mm² |
Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 5,700 million |
Shaders | 1408 | vs | 2304 |
Compute Units | 22 | vs | 36 |
Core clock | 1670 MHz | vs | 1120 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 88 | vs | 144 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | | Radeon RX 580 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 | | Radeon RX 580 | |
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TDP | 150 watts | vs | 150 watts |
Release Date | 7 Oct 2019 | vs | 1 Apr 2017 |
Radeon RX 5500
59.04 GP/s
Radeon RX 580
40.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
162.40 GT/s
Radeon RX 580
182.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
224.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 580
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
5196.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 580
5834.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
77
Radeon RX 580
73
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
46
Radeon RX 580
54
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
26
Radeon RX 580
31
FPS (higher is better)