RTX A5500 vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 7900 XT with RTX A5500, including specs and performance data.

RX 7900 XT
2022
20 GB GDDR6, 300 Watt
75.20
+31.9%

RX 7900 XT outperforms RTX A5500 by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1444
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation37.78no data
Power efficiency17.1816.99
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 31GA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date3 November 2022 (2 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

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 cores537610240
Core clock speed1387 MHz1080 MHz
Boost clock speed2394 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors57,700 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate804.4532.8
Floating-point processing power51.48 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs19296
TMUs336320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Cores8480

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 4.0 x16
Length276 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 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 amount20 GB24 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth800.0 GB/s768.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.23.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6

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 7900 XT 75.20
+31.9%
RTX A5500 57.01

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 7900 XT 28977
+31.9%
RTX A5500 21966

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 7900 XT 186399
+6.6%
RTX A5500 174913

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 HD205
+36.7%
150−160
−36.7%
1440p133
+33%
100−110
−33%
4K86
+32.3%
65−70
−32.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.39no data
1440p6.76no data
4K10.45no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 237
+39.4%
170−180
−39.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
+39.1%
110−120
−39.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+35%
100−105
−35%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+33.3%
180−190
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+33.3%
90−95
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 212
+32.5%
160−170
−32.5%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+38.8%
85−90
−38.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 180−190
+32.1%
140−150
−32.1%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+35.6%
180−190
−35.6%
Hitman 3 120−130
+35.8%
95−100
−35.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
+34%
200−210
−34%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+40.9%
110−120
−40.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+36.7%
90−95
−36.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−350
+33.3%
240−250
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+39.1%
110−120
−39.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
+39.1%
110−120
−39.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+35%
100−105
−35%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+33.3%
180−190
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+33.3%
90−95
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 190
+35.7%
140−150
−35.7%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+38.8%
85−90
−38.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 180−190
+32.1%
140−150
−32.1%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+35.6%
180−190
−35.6%
Hitman 3 120−130
+35.8%
95−100
−35.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
+34%
200−210
−34%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+40.9%
110−120
−40.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+36.7%
90−95
−36.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 492
+40.6%
350−400
−40.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 160−170
+35%
120−130
−35%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+39.1%
110−120
−39.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
+39.1%
110−120
−39.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+35%
100−105
−35%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+33.3%
90−95
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 179
+37.7%
130−140
−37.7%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+38.8%
85−90
−38.8%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+35.6%
180−190
−35.6%
Hitman 3 120−130
+35.8%
95−100
−35.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 350
+34.6%
260−270
−34.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 424
+41.3%
300−310
−41.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 265
+32.5%
200−210
−32.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+39.1%
110−120
−39.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+36.7%
90−95
−36.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+38.3%
120−130
−38.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+40%
80−85
−40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+36.9%
65−70
−36.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 95−100
+38.6%
70−75
−38.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+36.7%
60−65
−36.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 122
+35.6%
90−95
−35.6%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+40%
60−65
−40%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+35.5%
200−210
−35.5%
Hitman 3 100−110
+36.3%
80−85
−36.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 277
+38.5%
200−210
−38.5%
Metro Exodus 141
+41%
100−105
−41%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 325
+35.4%
240−250
−35.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 130−140
+38%
100−105
−38%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
+33.3%
180−190
−33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+33.3%
90−95
−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+35.4%
65−70
−35.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+38%
50−55
−38%
Hitman 3 65−70
+34%
50−55
−34%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+32.9%
170−180
−32.9%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+35.6%
90−95
−35.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 159
+32.5%
120−130
−32.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
+40%
45−50
−40%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+35.6%
45−50
−35.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+48.6%
35−40
−48.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 60
+33.3%
45−50
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+42.9%
35−40
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+36%
100−105
−36%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 173
+33.1%
130−140
−33.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+42.9%
35−40
−42.9%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+40%
60−65
−40%

This is how RX 7900 XT and RTX A5500 compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is 37% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XT is 33% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XT is 32% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 75.20 57.01
Recency 3 November 2022 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 230 Watt

RX 7900 XT has a 31.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A5500, on the other hand, has a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 30.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A5500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop card while RTX A5500 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
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