AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD FireStream 9170 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 800 MHz
12687.5x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
4.4x more pipelines: 1408 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
14.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9164 vs 647
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 493

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164 vs 647
PassMark - G2D Mark	784 vs 493

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9164

647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

493

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164	647
PassMark - G2D Mark	784	493
Geekbench - OpenCL	44855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4892

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Navi 14	RV670
Launch date	12 Dec 2019	8 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$169
Place in performance rating	288	289
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	320
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		512.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support