AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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 5500M

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 9603
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 9603
Around 80% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 2351

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058 vs 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058 vs 9603
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 2351

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6173 vs 3166
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 679 vs 336
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3700 vs 3617
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3700 vs 3617

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6173 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	679 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

6173

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

679

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

2351

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	6173
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	679
Geekbench - OpenCL	38080
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	2351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		493.57

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 1.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	397	394
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		Tahiti
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1448 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	2048
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s	128.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count	6400 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		4,096 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		275 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan