Radeon RX 5500M vs R3 Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated363
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data12.37
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameBeemaNavi 14
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date28 January 2015 (9 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 cores1281408
Core clock speed267 MHz1375 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHz1645 MHz
Number of transistors930 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800144.8
Floating-point processing power0.1536 TFLOPS4.632 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs888

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
InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x8
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 January 2015 7 October 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 85 Watt

R3 Graphics has 466.7% lower power consumption.

RX 5500M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R3 Graphics and Radeon RX 5500M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R3 Graphics is a desktop card while Radeon RX 5500M is a notebook one.


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

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