RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs Radeon RX 5500

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5500 with RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

RX 5500
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
22.78

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation outperforms RX 5500 by a whopping 140% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking24346
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.4054.20
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 14AD104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year 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 cores14086144
Core clock speedno data720 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate162.4299.5
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs88192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length180 mm168 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 amount4 GB20 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s280.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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.

RX 5500 22.78
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 54.56
+140%

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.

RX 5500 8792
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 21055
+139%

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.

RX 5500 42319
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 122438
+189%

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.

RX 5500 28910
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 105594
+265%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 22.78 54.56
Recency 7 October 2019 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation has a 139.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 57.1% lower power consumption.

The RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5500 is a desktop card while RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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