Radeon RX 5500M vs RX 560

Place in the ranking	460	363
Place by popularity	77	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.48	no data
Power efficiency	9.25	12.41
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	Navi 14
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	7 October 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	1024	1408
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1375 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1645 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	81.60	144.8
Floating-point processing power	2.611 TFLOPS	4.632 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	64	88

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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	224.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	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 560 9.45

RX 5500M 14.37
+52.1%

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 560 3644

RX 5500M 5541
+52.1%

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 560 17302

RX 5500M 38071
+120%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

RX 560 18272

RX 5500M 35506
+94.3%

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 HD	35 −65.7%	58 +65.7%
1440p	35−40 −62.9%	57 +62.9%
4K	18−20 −61.1%	29 +61.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43 +0%	43 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56 +0%	56 +0%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	53 +0%	53 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	43 +0%	43 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Hitman 3	58 +0%	58 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	146 +0%	146 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	57 +0%	57 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	169 +0%	169 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	26 +0%	26 +0%
Battlefield 5	34 +0%	34 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	48 +0%	48 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	33 +0%	33 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Hitman 3	58 +0%	58 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	144 +0%	144 +0%
Metro Exodus	36 +0%	36 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	52 +0%	52 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	82 +0%	82 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	168 +0%	168 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	31 +0%	31 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14 +0%	14 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	26 +0%	26 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30 +0%	30 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Hitman 3	50 +0%	50 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	69 +0%	69 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	72 +0%	72 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45 +0%	45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	22 +0%	22 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	54 +0%	54 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10 +0%	10 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Hitman 3	33 +0%	33 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55 +0%	55 +0%
Metro Exodus	47 +0%	47 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	163 +0%	163 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	29 +0%	29 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Hitman 3	9 +0%	9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65 +0%	65 +0%
Metro Exodus	28 +0%	28 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how RX 560 and RX 5500M compete in popular games:

RX 5500M is 66% faster in 1080p
RX 5500M is 63% faster in 1440p
RX 5500M is 61% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.45	14.37
Recency	18 April 2017	7 October 2019
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	85 Watt

RX 560 has 13.3% lower power consumption.

RX 5500M, on the other hand, has a 52.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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

Be aware that Radeon RX 560 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.