AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1515 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 215 Watt
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed 1670 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Boost clock speed 1845 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 215 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18815 vs 8803
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 912 vs 766
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102535 vs 42314
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 12069
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3717
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3351
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 12069
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3717
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3351
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10966 vs 4813
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18815 vs 8803
PassMark - G2D Mark 912 vs 766
Geekbench - OpenCL 102535 vs 42314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 vs 12069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 vs 12069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10966 vs 4813

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8803
18815
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
766
912
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
42314
102535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12069
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12069
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4813
10966
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark 8803 18815
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 912
Geekbench - OpenCL 42314 102535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12069 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12069 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4813 10966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Essentials

Architecture RDNA Turing
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 20 September 2018
Place in performance rating 257 98
Type Desktop Desktop
Code name TU104
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $749.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz 1710 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1670 MHz 1515 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
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm
Pipelines 2944

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6