Radeon Pro 5300M vs HD Graphics 5500

Place in the ranking	970	341
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.97	12.58
Architecture	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Broadwell GT2	Navi 14
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 September 2014 (10 years ago)	13 November 2019 (4 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 cores	192	1280
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1250 MHz
Number of transistors	1,300 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.40	100.0
Floating-point processing power	0.3264 TFLOPS	3.2 TFLOPS
ROPs	3	32
TMUs	24	80

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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	IGP	no data
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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1500 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

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131

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.

HD Graphics 5500 1.51

Pro 5300M 15.44
+923%

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.

HD Graphics 5500 581

Pro 5300M 5959
+926%

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:

900p	13 −900%	130−140 +900%
Full HD	10 −900%	100−110 +900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−500%

24−27
+500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −483%	35−40 +483%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −675%	30−35 +675%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −950%	40−45 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2400%	100−105 +2400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −383%	27−30 +383%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −420%	75−80 +420%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6 −600%	40−45 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −132%	75−80 +132%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −483%	35−40 +483%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −675%	30−35 +675%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −950%	40−45 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2400%	100−105 +2400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −383%	27−30 +383%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −420%	75−80 +420%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1300%	40−45 +1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 −185%	35−40 +185%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −132%	75−80 +132%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −483%	35−40 +483%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −675%	30−35 +675%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2400%	100−105 +2400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −383%	27−30 +383%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −420%	75−80 +420%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −132%	75−80 +132%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1300%

40−45
+1300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Hitman 3	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −520%	30−35 +520%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −1088%	95−100 +1088%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−525%

24−27
+525%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1000%

10−12
+1000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	8−9
Far Cry 5	0−1	8−9

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−367%

14−16
+367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

24−27

+0%

24−27

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 5500 and Pro 5300M compete in popular games:

Pro 5300M is 900% faster in 900p
Pro 5300M is 900% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Pro 5300M is 2400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro 5300M is ahead in 49 tests (71%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.51	15.44
Recency	5 September 2014	13 November 2019
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	85 Watt

HD Graphics 5500 has 466.7% lower power consumption.

Pro 5300M, on the other hand, has a 922.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5300M is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 5500 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 5500 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 5300M 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.