Radeon RX 5500 XT Overview

Radeon RX 5500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Dec 2019
Radeon RX 5500 XT

Core Configuration

GPU Navi 14
Architecture AMD_RDNA_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 1408 : 88 : 32
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 5196.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width 128 bit
Memory Speed 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 224.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    589%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    532%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    510%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    474%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    429%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    420%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    419%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    396%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    370%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    362%
  • GeForce RTX 4070
    360%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    354%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    346%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    334%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    311%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    291%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    285%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    261%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    254%
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    252%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    240%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    239%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    218%
  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    207%
  • Radeon RX 7600
    206%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    203%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    195%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    194%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    193%
  • Radeon VII
    190%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    190%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    189%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    182%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    175%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    168%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    167%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    157%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    154%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    142%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    141%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    141%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    135%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    129%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    123%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    116%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    115%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    112%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    103%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    102%
  • Radeon RX 590
    102%
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    96%
  • Radeon RX 580
    91%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    88%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    87%
  • Radeon RX 480
    83%
  • Radeon RX 570
    81%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    81%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    79%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    78%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    77%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    76%
  • Radeon RX 470
    73%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    72%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    65%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    63%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    51%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    45%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is a graphics card released by AMD on 12 Dec 2019. The graphics card houses the Navi 14 die, based on the AMD_RDNA_1_0 architecture which packs 6,400 million transistors on a 7 nm, 158 mm2 die.

Radeon RX 5500 XT pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1650 SUPERGeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1650 SUPERGeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
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Shader units14081280140812801536
ROPs3232484848
Graphics processorNavi 14TU116TU116TU116TU116
Process size7 nm12 nm12 nm12 nm12 nm
Memory4096 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR6 (1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective)
6144 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)
6144 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
6144 Mb GDDR6 (1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width128 bit128 bit192 bit192 bit192 bit
Memory bandwidth224.00 Gb/s192.00 Gb/s336.00 Gb/s192.00 Gb/s288.00 Gb/s
Release date12 Dec 201922 Nov 201929 Oct 201915 Mar 201922 Feb 2019

Benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    34
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    34
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    17
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    12
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    12
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    11

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    81
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    68
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    66
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    52
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    51
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    45
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    26
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    25
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    22
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    22
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    18

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    72
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    71
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    63
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    52
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    51
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    46
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    42
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    25
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    25
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    23
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    18
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    17

FPS (higher is better)