Radeon Pro 5500M vs GeForce 320M

Place in performance ranking	1185	293
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name	MCP89	Navi 14
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 April 2010 (14 years ago)	13 November 2019 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	1536
Core clock speed	450 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.200	139.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 320M and Radeon Pro 5500M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 320M 0.54

Pro 5500M 17.66
+3170%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 320M 209

Pro 5500M 6816
+3161%

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 HD	13 −377%	62 +377%
1440p	1−2 −5100%	52 +5100%
4K	1−2 −3500%	36 +3500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−833%

27−30
+833%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1100%	35−40 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −4700%	45−50 +4700%
Hitman 3	5−6 −580%	30−35 +580%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −770%	85−90 +770%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −867%	55−60 +867%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1567%	50 +1567%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −4700%	45−50 +4700%
Hitman 3	5−6 −580%	30−35 +580%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −770%	85−90 +770%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −867%	55−60 +867%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1067%	35 +1067%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Hitman 3	5−6 −580%	30−35 +580%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −770%	85−90 +770%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −867%	55−60 +867%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −290%	39 +290%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−2600%

27−30
+2600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	18−20
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Hitman 3	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −1100%	35−40 +1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −11400%	115 +11400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1067%

35
+1067%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	9−10

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−700%

16
+700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75 +0%	75 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	32 +0%	32 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	51 +0%	51 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Metro Exodus	41 +0%	41 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

This is how GeForce 320M and Pro 5500M compete in popular games:

Pro 5500M is 377% faster in 1080p
Pro 5500M is 5100% faster in 1440p
Pro 5500M is 3500% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 5500M is 11400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro 5500M is ahead in 35 tests (50%)
there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.54	17.66
Recency	1 April 2010	13 November 2019
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	50 Watt

GeForce 320M has 117.4% lower power consumption.

Pro 5500M, on the other hand, has a 3170.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 320M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 320M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 5500M is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.