Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce RTX 2070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2070 and Radeon RX 5500 XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 2070
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 175 Watt
41.89
+76.8%

RTX 2070 outperforms RX 5500 XT by an impressive 77% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking95235
Place by popularity86not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation33.2048.25
Power efficiency16.4112.50
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTU106Navi 14
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 October 2018 (6 years ago)12 December 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $169

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500 XT has 45% better value for money than RTX 2070.

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 cores23041408
Core clock speed1410 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHz1845 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate233.3162.4
Floating-point processing power7.465 TFLOPS5.196 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs14488
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length229 mm180 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s224.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RTX 2070 41.89
+76.8%
RX 5500 XT 23.70

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

RTX 2070 16141
+76.8%
RX 5500 XT 9131

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2070 31260
+60.3%
RX 5500 XT 19499

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2070 63155
RX 5500 XT 68429
+8.4%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2070 23186
+62.1%
RX 5500 XT 14305

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2070 127652
+47.4%
RX 5500 XT 86609

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX 2070 87885
+97.3%
RX 5500 XT 44546

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2070 425550
RX 5500 XT 560812
+31.8%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RTX 2070 83224
+97.1%
RX 5500 XT 42219

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 2070 149
+36.2%
RX 5500 XT 110

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 2070 61
RX 5500 XT 122
+101%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 2070 9
RX 5500 XT 78
+789%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 2070 83
RX 5500 XT 105
+27.3%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 2070 46
RX 5500 XT 64
+37.3%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

RTX 2070 41
RX 5500 XT 51
+24.9%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 2070 123
+57.6%
RX 5500 XT 78

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 2070 12
RX 5500 XT 15
+30.2%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 2070 194
+51.6%
RX 5500 XT 128

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 HD128
+68.4%
76
−68.4%
1440p90
+114%
42
−114%
4K59
+146%
24
−146%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.902.22
1440p5.544.02
4K8.467.04

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−5.4%
78
+5.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 101
+94.2%
50−55
−94.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 87
+20.8%
72
−20.8%
Battlefield 5 164
+110%
75−80
−110%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 116
+142%
45−50
−142%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+21.3%
61
−21.3%
Far Cry 5 124
+125%
55−60
−125%
Far Cry New Dawn 148
+139%
60−65
−139%
Forza Horizon 4 246
+75.7%
140−150
−75.7%
Hitman 3 116
+81.3%
64
−81.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 258
+135%
110−120
−135%
Metro Exodus 144
+9.1%
132
−9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110
+1.9%
108
−1.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 207
+159%
80−85
−159%
Watch Dogs: Legion 254
+25.7%
202
−25.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 135
+105%
66
−105%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+25.9%
58
−25.9%
Battlefield 5 156
+100%
75−80
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 106
+121%
45−50
−121%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+64.4%
45
−64.4%
Far Cry 5 101
+83.6%
55−60
−83.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+74.2%
60−65
−74.2%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+62.1%
140−150
−62.1%
Hitman 3 113
+82.3%
62
−82.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 248
+125%
110−120
−125%
Metro Exodus 144
+53.2%
94
−53.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+74.2%
60−65
−74.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+43.5%
108
−43.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+65.4%
50−55
−65.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 244
+20.8%
202
−20.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 64
+23.1%
50−55
−23.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+32.7%
49
−32.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 78
+62.5%
45−50
−62.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+85%
40
−85%
Far Cry 5 79
+43.6%
55−60
−43.6%
Forza Horizon 4 110
+96.4%
56
−96.4%
Hitman 3 94
+70.9%
55
−70.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 139
+59.8%
87
−59.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+63.2%
95
−63.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+50%
58
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 64
+77.8%
36
−77.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 99
+30.3%
76
−30.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 106
+136%
45−50
−136%
Far Cry New Dawn 75
+108%
35−40
−108%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
+108%
24−27
−108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+35.1%
37
−35.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 58
+115%
27−30
−115%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+70%
20
−70%
Far Cry 5 60
+122%
27−30
−122%
Forza Horizon 4 215
+59.3%
130−140
−59.3%
Hitman 3 64
+77.8%
36
−77.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+60%
65
−60%
Metro Exodus 82
+36.7%
60
−36.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+56.1%
66
−56.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+114%
27−30
−114%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240
+30.4%
184
−30.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 84
+71.4%
49
−71.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 53
+130%
21−24
−130%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+144%
18−20
−144%
Hitman 3 41
+57.7%
26
−57.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 116
−5.2%
120−130
+5.2%
Metro Exodus 76
+105%
37
−105%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+103%
31
−103%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 36
+157%
14−16
−157%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
+63.2%
19
−63.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+154%
12−14
−154%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+87.5%
8
−87.5%
Far Cry 5 31
+138%
12−14
−138%
Forza Horizon 4 63
+200%
21
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+52.6%
38
−52.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+92.9%
14
−92.9%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 47
+95.8%
24
−95.8%

This is how RTX 2070 and RX 5500 XT compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 is 68% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 is 114% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 is 146% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 is 200% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RX 5500 XT is 5% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 is ahead in 70 tests (97%)
  • RX 5500 XT is ahead in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.89 23.70
Recency 17 October 2018 12 December 2019
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 130 Watt

RTX 2070 has a 76.8% higher aggregate performance score.

RX 5500 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 34.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500 XT in performance tests.


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