AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon HD 7990

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon HD 7990 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 5500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1448 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 6689
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 6689
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed 1448 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed 1645 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 vs 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 vs 6689

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

  • 14.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 144.76 GT/s
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5566 vs 3166
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 336
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 3617
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 3617
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 144.76 GT/s
Maximum memory size 2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5566 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7990

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3166
5566
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3356
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD Radeon HD 7990
PassMark - G3D Mark 3166 5566
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 766
Geekbench - OpenCL 38633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3617 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3617 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4223 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 434.598

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD Radeon HD 7990

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 1.0
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 24 April 2013
Place in performance rating 390 412
Type Laptop Desktop
Code name Malta
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $1,126.99
Value for money (0-100) 7.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1645 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1448 MHz 950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors 1408
Texture fill rate 144.76 GT/s 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count 6400 million 4,313 million
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops
Pipelines 2x 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 375 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Supplementary power connectors 1 x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 307 mm

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2x 384 Bit
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz

Technologies

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

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

API support

DirectX 11.2
OpenGL 4.5