AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) 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 RX 470 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 1448 MHz vs 926 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38654 vs 34588
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 9983
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3617 vs 2443
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 1674
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 9983
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3617 vs 2443
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 1674
Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 3699

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 4 August 2016
Core clock speed	1448 MHz vs 926 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	38654 vs 34588
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058 vs 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058 vs 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 3699

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38654

34588

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

9983

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

2443

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

1674

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

9983

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

2443

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

1674

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

3699

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	336
Geekbench - OpenCL	38654	34588
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	3699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.362

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 4.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	4 August 2016
Place in performance rating	390	482
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		Ellesmere
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$549.99
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1206 MHz
Compute units	22	32
Core clock speed	1448 MHz	926 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 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	137.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	6400 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		4.9 TFLOPs
GPU Power		85-110 Watt
Pipelines		2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		120 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	211 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		6600 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
HDMI 2.0b
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
VGA
API support
DirectX		12
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan