Radeon RX 5800 XT vs RX 5500M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking357not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.75no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 14Navi 23
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores14083328
Core clock speed1375 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1775 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt275 Watt
Texture fill rate144.8369.2
Floating-point processing power4.632 TFLOPS11.81 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs88208

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s448.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 275 Watt

RX 5500M has 223.5% lower power consumption.

RX 5800 XT, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5500M and Radeon RX 5800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5500M is a notebook card while Radeon RX 5800 XT is a desktop one.


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