Radeon RX 5500 vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 Super and Radeon RX 5500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 2080 Super
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 250 Watt
50.76
+123%

RTX 2080 Super outperforms RX 5500 by a whopping 123% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking56248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.95no data
Power efficiency13.9214.21
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTU104Navi 14
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 July 2019 (5 years ago)7 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores30721408
Core clock speed1650 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1815 MHz1845 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate348.5162.4
Floating-point processing power11.15 TFLOPS5.196 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs19288
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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 x16
Length267 mm180 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1937 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth495.9 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 HDMI, 3x 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)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
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 2080 Super 50.76
+123%
RX 5500 22.80

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 2080 Super 19558
+123%
RX 5500 8785

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 2080 Super 115519
+173%
RX 5500 42273

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 2080 Super 111511
+286%
RX 5500 28910

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 HD140
+133%
60−65
−133%
1440p97
+143%
40−45
−143%
4K68
+127%
30−35
−127%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.99no data
1440p7.21no data
4K10.28no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+133%
40−45
−133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 99
+148%
40−45
−148%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 94
+135%
40−45
−135%
Battlefield 5 194
+128%
85−90
−128%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 127
+131%
55−60
−131%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+133%
40−45
−133%
Far Cry 5 141
+135%
60−65
−135%
Far Cry New Dawn 170
+127%
75−80
−127%
Forza Horizon 4 266
+142%
110−120
−142%
Hitman 3 113
+126%
50−55
−126%
Horizon Zero Dawn 301
+132%
130−140
−132%
Metro Exodus 144
+140%
60−65
−140%
Red Dead Redemption 2 122
+144%
50−55
−144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 198
+133%
85−90
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 227
+127%
100−105
−127%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 142
+137%
60−65
−137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 79
+126%
35−40
−126%
Battlefield 5 182
+128%
80−85
−128%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120
+140%
50−55
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+133%
40−45
−133%
Far Cry 5 112
+124%
50−55
−124%
Far Cry New Dawn 128
+133%
55−60
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 258
+135%
110−120
−135%
Hitman 3 116
+132%
50−55
−132%
Horizon Zero Dawn 283
+136%
120−130
−136%
Metro Exodus 144
+140%
60−65
−140%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100
+150%
40−45
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 225
+125%
100−105
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−110
+133%
45−50
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 211
+134%
90−95
−134%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68
+127%
30−33
−127%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70
+133%
30−33
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90
+125%
40−45
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 89
+154%
35−40
−154%
Far Cry 5 79
+126%
35−40
−126%
Forza Horizon 4 133
+142%
55−60
−142%
Hitman 3 108
+140%
45−50
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 162
+131%
70−75
−131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 189
+136%
80−85
−136%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 109
+142%
45−50
−142%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75
+150%
30−33
−150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 118
+136%
50−55
−136%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 134
+123%
60−65
−123%
Far Cry New Dawn 93
+133%
40−45
−133%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 58
+142%
24−27
−142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 57
+138%
24−27
−138%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65
+141%
27−30
−141%
Cyberpunk 2077 57
+138%
24−27
−138%
Far Cry 5 70
+133%
30−33
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 249
+126%
110−120
−126%
Hitman 3 79
+126%
35−40
−126%
Horizon Zero Dawn 127
+131%
55−60
−131%
Metro Exodus 90
+125%
40−45
−125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 141
+135%
60−65
−135%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%
Watch Dogs: Legion 211
+134%
90−95
−134%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 107
+138%
45−50
−138%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 62
+130%
27−30
−130%
Far Cry New Dawn 53
+152%
21−24
−152%
Hitman 3 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 131
+138%
55−60
−138%
Metro Exodus 89
+154%
35−40
−154%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 79
+126%
35−40
−126%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41
+128%
18−20
−128%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 36
+125%
16−18
−125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 39
+144%
16−18
−144%
Cyberpunk 2077 31
+158%
12−14
−158%
Far Cry 5 40
+150%
16−18
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 81
+131%
35−40
−131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 82
+134%
35−40
−134%
Watch Dogs: Legion 34
+143%
14−16
−143%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60
+150%
24−27
−150%

This is how RTX 2080 Super and RX 5500 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Super is 133% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Super is 143% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Super is 127% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 50.76 22.80
Recency 23 July 2019 7 October 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 110 Watt

RTX 2080 Super has a 122.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 127.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500 in performance tests.


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

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