AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500
- Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- 4.2x more core clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 101.5x more texture fill rate: 162.36 GT/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
- 32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
- 219.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8785 vs 40
- 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 134
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 Oct 2019 vs 12 May 2003 |
| Core clock speed | 1670 MHz vs 400 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 162.36 GT/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 128 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8785 vs 40 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 747 vs 134 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
- 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 5500 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8785 | 40 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 747 | 134 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 44380 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12069 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12069 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4813 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 5500 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA | Rankine |
| Launch date | 7 Oct 2019 | 12 May 2003 |
| Place in performance rating | 259 | 1229 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Code name | NV35 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz | |
| Compute units | 22 | |
| Core clock speed | 1670 MHz | 400 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 | |
| Texture fill rate | 162.36 GT/s | 1.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Transistor count | 6400 million | 135 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Recommended system power (PSU) | 550 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 8-pin | 1x Molex |
| Interface | AGP 8x | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 22.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | DDR |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | |
Technologies |
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Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 9.0a | |
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | |
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