Radeon HD 7950 vs RX 5500

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5500 and Radeon HD 7950, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 5500
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
22.80
+84.5%

RX 5500 outperforms HD 7950 by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking248402
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.47
Power efficiency14.214.24
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 14Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)31 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores14081792
Compute unitsno data28
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1250 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate162.489.60
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS2.867 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs88112

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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length180 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 6-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s240 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity-+
Number of Eyefinity displaysno data6
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-+
CrossFire-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
ZeroCore-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)DirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data1.2

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 22.80
+84.5%
HD 7950 12.36

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 8785
+84.4%
HD 7950 4764

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 22.80 12.36
Recency 7 October 2019 31 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 200 Watt

RX 5500 has a 84.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 81.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7950 in performance tests.


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