Radeon RX 5500 vs Radeon RX 590
Summary
Radeon RX 5500
100%
Radeon RX 590
119%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590 |
| 19% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 590
The Radeon RX 590 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 590 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XT) | vs | Polaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 244 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 36 |
| Core clock | 1670 MHz | vs | 1257 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 144 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| 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 590 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2019 | vs | UNRELEASED |
Radeon RX 5500
59.04 GP/s
Radeon RX 590
49.44 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
162.40 GT/s
Radeon RX 590
222.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
224.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 590
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
5196.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 590
7119.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
77
Radeon RX 590
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
46
Radeon RX 590
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
26
Radeon RX 590
33
FPS (higher is better)