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).

 

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: 6171 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 6171 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
6171
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 6171
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 679
Geekbench - OpenCL 38061
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