AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and AMD Radeon R9 FURY X 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 R9 FURY X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12069 vs 8673
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12069 vs 8673

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 24 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069 vs 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069 vs 8673

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 268.8 GTexel / s vs 162.36 GT/s
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10015 vs 8801
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 843 vs 766
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8925 vs 3717
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8925 vs 3717
Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5170 vs 4813

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel / s vs 162.36 GT/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10015 vs 8801
PassMark - G2D Mark	843 vs 766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8925 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8925 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5170 vs 4813

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8801

10015

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

843

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

8673

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8925

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

8673

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8925

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3361

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4813

5170

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500	AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
PassMark - G3D Mark	8801	10015
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	843
Geekbench - OpenCL	42284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069	8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069	8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813	5170
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3431.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		153.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		857.575

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500	AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 3.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	24 June 2015
Place in performance rating	257	218
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Code name		Fiji
Design		AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	22	64
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	4096
Texture fill rate	162.36 GT/s	268.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	8,900 million
Floating-point performance		8,602 gflops
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Pipelines		4096
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		191 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	4096 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Memory clock speed		1050 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
API support
DirectX		12
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5