AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon RX 580 (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.

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1448 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1340 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 20% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 3510

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1448 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 3510

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

1333x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 144.76 GT/s
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 144.76 GT/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

3510

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	336
Geekbench - OpenCL	38169
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	3510

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 4.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	377	374
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		Polaris 20
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$301.69
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		62.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1340 MHz
Compute units	22	36
Core clock speed	1448 MHz	1257 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	42.88 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408	2304
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Transistor count	6400 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pipelines		2304
Render output units		32
Texture Units		144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		185 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)		500 Watt
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		8000 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
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
VGA
API support
DirectX		12
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan