AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon RX 560X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon RX 560X 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 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1448 MHz vs 1175 MHz
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1275 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38633 vs 16372
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 5698
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 5698
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 vs 3 April 2018
Core clock speed 1448 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Boost clock speed 1645 MHz vs 1275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 38633 vs 16372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 vs 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 vs 5698

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

  • 563.7x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 144.76 GT/s
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3553 vs 3166
  • Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 669 vs 336
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4873 vs 3617
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4873 vs 3617
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s vs 144.76 GT/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3553 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark 669 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4873 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4873 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3166
3553
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
669
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
38633
16372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3357
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD Radeon RX 560X
PassMark - G3D Mark 3166 3553
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 669
Geekbench - OpenCL 38633 16372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3617 4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3617 4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4223

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD Radeon RX 560X

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 4.0
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 3 April 2018
Place in performance rating 390 384
Type Laptop Desktop, Laptop
Code name Polaris 21
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1645 MHz 1275 MHz
Compute units 22 14/16
Core clock speed 1448 MHz 1175 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 20.40 GP/s
Stream Processors 1408 896/1024
Texture fill rate 144.76 GT/s 81.60 GTexel/s
Transistor count 6400 million 3,000 million
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs
Pipelines 1024
Render output units 16
Texture Units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Supplementary power connectors 1 x 8-pin None
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 170 mm

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration

Video outputs and ports

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

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan