AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon E8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon E8870 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 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 3383.3x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 83% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 768
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9167 vs 3368
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 785 vs 708
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 128.135 vs 36.948
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2024.814 vs 874.689
  • 12x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.328 vs 1.11
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11075 vs 4620
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11075 vs 4620
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9167 vs 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark 785 vs 708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 vs 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 vs 4620

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

  • Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3722
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3367
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3722
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3367
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5030 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18191 vs 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5030 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18191 vs 3367

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9167
3368
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
785
708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
128.135
36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2024.814
874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.328
1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
18191
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon E8870
PassMark - G3D Mark 9167 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark 785 708
Geekbench - OpenCL 44830
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 1.11
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 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 18191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4882

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon E8870

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Navi 14 Saturn
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 29 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 287 340
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 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 768
Pixel fill rate 59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 2,080 million
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

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