AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 290X
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 95% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 947 MHz
- 922.7x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 250 Watt
- 11.2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9134 vs 8618
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 765
- Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44565 vs 43456
- Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 128.135 vs 117.322
- Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.328 vs 11.12
- Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.474 vs 120.942
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 742.778 vs 628.757
- Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11075 vs 8729
- Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11075 vs 8729
- Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4910 vs 3925
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 Dec 2019 vs 24 October 2013 |
Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz vs 947 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 162.4 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 28 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 Watt vs 250 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 9134 vs 8618 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 776 vs 765 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 44565 vs 43456 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 128.135 vs 117.322 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.328 vs 11.12 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 125.474 vs 120.942 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 742.778 vs 628.757 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11075 vs 8729 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3367 vs 3353 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11075 vs 8729 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3367 vs 3353 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4910 vs 3925 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X
- 2x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1408
- Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 2024.814
- Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3722
- Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3722
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 2816 vs 1408 |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2460.464 vs 2024.814 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 7055 vs 3722 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 7055 vs 3722 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | AMD Radeon R9 290X |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 9134 | 8618 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 776 | 765 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 44565 | 43456 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 128.135 | 117.322 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2024.814 | 2460.464 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.328 | 11.12 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 125.474 | 120.942 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 742.778 | 628.757 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11075 | 8729 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3722 | 7055 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3367 | 3353 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11075 | 8729 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3722 | 7055 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3367 | 3353 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4910 | 3925 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | AMD Radeon R9 290X | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | RDNA 1.0 | GCN 2.0 |
Code name | Navi 14 | Hawaii |
Launch date | 12 Dec 2019 | 24 October 2013 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $169 | $549 |
Place in performance rating | 304 | 301 |
Type | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz | 947 MHz |
Compute units | 22 | |
Core clock speed | 1607 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 | 2816 |
Pixel fill rate | 59.04 GPixel/s | |
Texture fill rate | 162.4 GTexel/s | 176.0 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 Watt | 250 Watt |
Transistor count | 6400 million | 6,200 million |
Floating-point performance | 5,632 gflops | |
Stream Processors | 2560 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Eyefinity | ||
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 7.09 inches (180 mm) | 275 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin |
Width | Dual-slot | |
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.4 | |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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4K H264 Encode | ||
H265/HEVC Decode | ||
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AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |