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: 9164 vs 8644
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 770
• Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44855 vs 42508
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 128.135 vs 114.883
• 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 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4892 vs 3952

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

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9164 8644
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	784 770
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	44855 42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	128.135 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2024.814 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.328 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	125.474 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	742.778 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11075 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3722 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3367 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11075 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3722 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3367 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	4892 3952

Compare specifications (specs)