Radeon RX 560 vs RX 5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5500 and Radeon RX 560, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 5500
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
22.80
+141%

RX 5500 outperforms RX 560 by a whopping 141% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking248467
Place by popularitynot in top-10090
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.48
Power efficiency14.208.65
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 14Polaris 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

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 cores14081024
Core clock speedno data1175 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1275 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate162.481.60
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS2.611 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8864

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 3.0 x8
Length180 mm170 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s112.0 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data2.0
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.

RX 5500 22.80
+141%
RX 560 9.47

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
+141%
RX 560 3648

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 42273
+147%
RX 560 17125

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
+58.2%
RX 560 18272

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 HD80−85
+129%
35
−129%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.83

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 22.80 9.47
Recency 7 October 2019 18 April 2017
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 75 Watt

RX 5500 has a 140.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

RX 560, on the other hand, has 46.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 560 in performance tests.


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