GeForce FX 5500 vs Radeon RX 580 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 580 Mobile with GeForce FX 5500, including specs and performance data.

RX 580 Mobile
2017
8 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
19.64
+98100%

RX 580 Mobile outperforms FX 5500 by a whopping 98100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2811487
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation24.15no data
Power efficiency13.70no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code namePolaris 20NV34 B1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)17 March 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$301.69 $36.99

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 cores2304no data
Core clock speed1000 MHz270 MHz
Boost clock speed1077 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rate155.11.080
Floating-point processing power4.963 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs1444

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)AGP 8x
Lengthno data152 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s5.312 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0a
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.5 (2.1)
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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 HD75-0−1
4K31-0−1

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.02no data
4K9.73no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40 0−1
Battlefield 5 65−70 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 0−1
Far Cry 5 45−50 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 120−130 0−1
Hitman 3 40−45 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100 0−1
Metro Exodus 70−75 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40 0−1
Battlefield 5 65−70 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 0−1
Far Cry 5 45−50 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 120−130 0−1
Hitman 3 40−45 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100 0−1
Metro Exodus 70−75 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 0−1
Far Cry 5 45−50 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 120−130 0−1
Hitman 3 40−45 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 37 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 24−27 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 110−120 0−1
Hitman 3 24−27 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45 0−1
Metro Exodus 35−40 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18 0−1
Hitman 3 16−18 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110 0−1
Metro Exodus 21−24 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 27−30 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.64 0.02
Recency 18 April 2017 17 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 150 nm

RX 580 Mobile has a 98100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 580 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5500 is a desktop one.


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