AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 162.36 GT/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8785 vs 4604
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 586
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12069 vs 6821
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12069 vs 6821
2.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4813 vs 1651

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.36 GT/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8785 vs 4604
PassMark - G2D Mark	747 vs 586
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069 vs 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069 vs 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3716
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813 vs 1651

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 44380

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430 vs 44380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8785

4604

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

747

586

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

44380

77430

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

6821

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

6821

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3358

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4813

1651

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8785	4604
PassMark - G2D Mark	747	586
Geekbench - OpenCL	44380	77430
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813	1651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		294.215

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 1.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	259	463
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Code name		Pitcairn
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1670 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.4 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	59 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408	1024
Texture fill rate	162.36 GT/s	80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Pipelines		1280
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
API support
DirectX		11
OpenGL		4.5