Radeon RX 5500M vs GeForce GTX 860M SLI

Place in performance ranking	369	340
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.64	9.12
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name	no data	Navi 14 / R19M-E85
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years old)	29 September 2019 (4 years old)
Current price	$489	$998

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500M has 97% better value for money than GTX 860M SLI.

Technical specs

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	1280	1408
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	1327 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1645 MHz
Number of transistors	2x 1870 Million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	144.8

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 860M SLI and Radeon RX 5500M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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	2x 4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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

no data

No outputs

Technologies

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

Optimus

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (FL 11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

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.

GTX 860M SLI 12.27

RX 5500M 14.16
+15.4%

Radeon RX 5500M outperforms GeForce GTX 860M SLI by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

GTX 860M SLI 9840

RX 5500M 16476
+67.4%

Radeon RX 5500M outperforms GeForce GTX 860M SLI by 67% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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%

GTX 860M SLI 5941

RX 5500M 12276
+107%

Radeon RX 5500M outperforms GeForce GTX 860M SLI by 107% 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%

GTX 860M SLI 41434

RX 5500M 50946
+23%

Radeon RX 5500M outperforms GeForce GTX 860M SLI by 23% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	46 −23.9%	57 +23.9%
1440p	40−45 −17.5%	47 +17.5%
4K	24−27 −25%	30 +25%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

−189%

55
+189%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −65.4%	43 +65.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 −180%	56 +180%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −14.3%	45−50 +14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −194%	94 +194%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −126%	43 +126%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −19.4%	35−40 +19.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −18.2%	35−40 +18.2%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −16.3%	50−55 +16.3%
Hitman 3	30−35 −155%	84 +155%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −168%	67 +168%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −200%	63 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −15.4%	30−33 +15.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −152%	58 +152%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −53.8%	40 +53.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 −30%	26 +30%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −121%	93 +121%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −128%	73 +128%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −73.7%	33 +73.7%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −100%	62 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −18.2%	35−40 +18.2%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −16.3%	50−55 +16.3%
Hitman 3	30−35 −66.7%	55 +66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −116%	54 +116%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −105%	39 +105%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −52.4%	32 +52.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −123%	58 +123%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −188%	72 +188%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −122%	51 +122%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −19.2%	31 +19.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 +42.9%	14 −42.9%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −78.6%	75 +78.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −57.9%	30 +57.9%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −90.3%	59 +90.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −54.5%	51 +54.5%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −16.3%	50−55 +16.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −80%	45 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 +4.5%	22 −4.5%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −94.4%	35 +94.4%
Hitman 3	18−20 −142%	46 +142%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −88.9%	34 +88.9%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −127%	25 +127%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −100%	32 +100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −11.1%	10 +11.1%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −83.3%	44 +83.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −140%	48 +140%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −124%	47 +124%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −21.7%	27−30 +21.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −129%	16 +129%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −150%	20 +150%
Hitman 3	10−12 −109%	23 +109%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −114%	15 +114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −33.3%	16 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −108%	25 +108%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −18.8%	18−20 +18.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%

This is how GTX 860M SLI and RX 5500M compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

RX 5500M is 23.9% faster than GTX 860M SLI

1440p resolution:

RX 5500M is 17.5% faster than GTX 860M SLI

4K resolution:

RX 5500M is 25% faster than GTX 860M SLI

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 860M SLI is 42.9% faster than the RX 5500M.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 5500M is 200% faster than the GTX 860M SLI.

All in all, in popular games: