Radeon RX 5500M vs FirePro D500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D500 with Radeon RX 5500M, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D500
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
9.22

RX 5500M outperforms D500 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

FirePro D500 FirePro D500
RX 5500M RX 5500M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking439367
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.6611.84
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTahitiNavi 14
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 January 2014 (11 years ago)7 October 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15361408
Core clock speed725 MHz1375 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1645 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate69.60144.8
Floating-point processing power2.227 TFLOPS4.632 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs9688

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth243.8 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD40−45
−42.5%
57
+42.5%
1440p40−45
−50%
60
+50%
4K21−24
−42.9%
30
+42.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 75
+0%
75
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 53
+0%
53
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 55
+0%
55
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 57
+0%
57
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 53
+0%
53
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 43
+0%
43
+0%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Fortnite 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Valorant 146
+0%
146
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 36
+0%
36
+0%
Battlefield 5 93
+0%
93
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 48
+0%
48
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 191
+0%
191
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 33
+0%
33
+0%
Dota 2 106
+0%
106
+0%
Far Cry 5 62
+0%
62
+0%
Fortnite 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 79
+0%
79
+0%
Metro Exodus 39
+0%
39
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
+0%
72
+0%
Valorant 144
+0%
144
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75
+0%
75
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
+0%
30
+0%
Dota 2 103
+0%
103
+0%
Far Cry 5 59
+0%
59
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 59
+0%
59
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+0%
45
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 65
+0%
65
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 137
+0%
137
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 25
+0%
25
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 175
+0%
175
+0%
Valorant 136
+0%
136
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 44
+0%
44
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 48
+0%
48
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 76
+0%
76
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 20
+0%
20
+0%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Valorant 129
+0%
129
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16
+0%
16
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Dota 2 53
+0%
53
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

This is how FirePro D500 and RX 5500M compete in popular games:

  • RX 5500M is 43% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5500M is 50% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5500M is 43% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 9.22 12.74
Recency 18 January 2014 7 October 2019
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 85 Watt

RX 5500M has a 38.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 222.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation card while Radeon RX 5500M is a notebook one.

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