AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD FireStream 9250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD FireStream 9250 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 6496x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
  • Around 76% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 800
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1986 MHz
  • 7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9134 vs 1165
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 465
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9134 vs 1165
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 vs 465

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9134
1165
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
776
465
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD FireStream 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark 9134 1165
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 465
Geekbench - OpenCL 44565
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 4910

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD FireStream 9250

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Navi 14 RV770
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 304 305
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 625 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 800
Pixel fill rate 59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s 25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 956 million
Floating-point performance 1,000.0 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI

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 10.1
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1986 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR3

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support