Radeon RX 5500 XT vs RX 5700 XT

Place in performance ranking	75	215
Place by popularity	61	82
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	100.00	15.36
Architecture	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Navi 10	Navi 14 XTX
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 July 2019 (4 years ago)	12 December 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$169
Current price	$111 (0.3x MSRP)	$317 (1.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 XT has 551% better value for money than RX 5500 XT.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	1408
Core clock speed	1605 MHz	1607 MHz
Boost clock speed	1905 MHz	1845 MHz
Number of transistors	10,300 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	304.8	162.4

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	272 mm	180 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready	+	no data
Multi Monitor	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 5700 XT 43.07
+81.7%

RX 5500 XT 23.71

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 82% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 5700 XT 16633
+81.6%

RX 5500 XT 9157

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 82% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 5700 XT 35823
+83.7%

RX 5500 XT 19499

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 84% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 5700 XT 83961
+22.7%

RX 5500 XT 68429

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 23% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 5700 XT 26189
+83.1%

RX 5500 XT 14305

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 83% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 5700 XT 146093
+68.7%

RX 5500 XT 86609

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 69% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RX 5700 XT 499658

RX 5500 XT 560812
+12.2%

RX 5500 XT outperforms RX 5700 XT by 12% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5700 XT 115
+4.9%

RX 5500 XT 110

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 5% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5700 XT 110

RX 5500 XT 122
+10.9%

RX 5500 XT outperforms RX 5700 XT by 11% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5700 XT 43

RX 5500 XT 78
+81.4%

RX 5500 XT outperforms RX 5700 XT by 81% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5700 XT 174
+65.7%

RX 5500 XT 105

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 66% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5700 XT 81
+27%

RX 5500 XT 64

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 27% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5700 XT 47

RX 5500 XT 51
+8.1%

RX 5500 XT outperforms RX 5700 XT by 8% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5700 XT 141
+80.1%

RX 5500 XT 78

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 80% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5700 XT 13

RX 5500 XT 15
+18.9%

RX 5500 XT outperforms RX 5700 XT by 19% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RX 5700 XT 200
+56.3%

RX 5500 XT 128

RX 5700 XT outperforms RX 5500 XT by 56% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05.

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	122 +64.9%	74 −64.9%
1440p	74 +80.5%	41 −80.5%
4K	47 +95.8%	24 −95.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	76	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	110	no data
Battlefield 5	199	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	118	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	78	no data
Far Cry 5	125	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	118	no data
Forza Horizon 4	155	no data
Hitman 3	84	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	249	no data
Metro Exodus	144	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	115	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	234	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	121	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	91	no data
Battlefield 5	165	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	107	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	75	no data
Far Cry 5	101	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	108	no data
Forza Horizon 4	283	no data
Hitman 3	89	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	294	no data
Metro Exodus	147	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	115	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	193	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	154	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	248	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	67	no data
Far Cry 5	73	no data
Forza Horizon 4	148	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	135	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	171	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	93	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	67	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

108

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	126	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	117	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	78	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	40	no data
Far Cry 5	97	no data
Forza Horizon 4	119	no data
Hitman 3	59	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	104	no data
Metro Exodus	104	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	119	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	46	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	56	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	44	no data
Hitman 3	45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	54	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	33	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	33	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	17	no data
Far Cry 5	30	no data
Forza Horizon 4	79	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	63	no data
Metro Exodus	56	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	13	no data