AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon R9 380X 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 5500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 9685
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 9685
  • Around 38% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 3053
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 vs 19 November 2015
Boost clock speed 1645 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate 144.76 GT/s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 vs 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 vs 9685
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4223 vs 3053

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6229 vs 3166
  • Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 667 vs 336
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3617
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3617
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6229 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark 667 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3166
6229
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
667
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4223
3053
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD Radeon R9 380X
PassMark - G3D Mark 3166 6229
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 667
Geekbench - OpenCL 38707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3617 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3617 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4223 3053

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD Radeon R9 380X

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 3.0
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 19 November 2015
Place in performance rating 389 314
Type Laptop Desktop
Code name Antigua
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Price now $528.44
Value for money (0-100) 15.61

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1645 MHz 970 MHz
Compute units 22 32
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 124.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 6400 million 5,000 million
Floating-point performance 3,973 gflops
Pipelines 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Supplementary power connectors 1 x 8-pin ​2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 bit
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Memory clock speed 970 MHz

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

API support

DirectX 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan