Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon RX 480
Summary
Radeon RX 5500 XT
110%
Radeon RX 480
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT |
| 10% higher gaming performance. |
| 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 480 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 5500 XT
The Radeon RX 5500 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (26 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | 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 | 1607 MHz | vs | 1120 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 144 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|
| 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 | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | vs | 29 Jun 2016 |
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.04 GP/s
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
162.40 GT/s
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
224.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5196.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
49
Radeon RX 480
40
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
36
Radeon RX 480
40
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
85
Radeon RX 480
71
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
60
Radeon RX 480
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
58
Radeon RX 480
66
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
28
Radeon RX 480
24
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
38
Radeon RX 480
34
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
66
Radeon RX 480
54
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
31
Radeon RX 480
28
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59
Radeon RX 480
48
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
Radeon RX 480
28
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
57
Radeon RX 480
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
39
Radeon RX 480
33
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
41
Radeon RX 480
46
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
20
Radeon RX 480
17
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
30
Radeon RX 480
27
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
43
Radeon RX 480
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
17
Radeon RX 480
15
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
33
Radeon RX 480
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
14
Radeon RX 480
15
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
Radeon RX 480
23
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
18
Radeon RX 480
15
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
14
Radeon RX 480
24
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
10
Radeon RX 480
9
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
18
Radeon RX 480
17
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
22
Radeon RX 480
17
FPS (higher is better)