Radeon RX 5500 vs GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Place in the ranking	181	246
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	18.45	14.43
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	TU106	Navi 14
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)	7 October 2019 (5 years ago)

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	1920	1408
Core clock speed	960 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1845 MHz
Number of transistors	10,800 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	144.0	162.4
Floating-point processing power	4.608 TFLOPS	5.196 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	120	88
Tensor Cores	240	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	30	no data

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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	180 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 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	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	7.5	-

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	102 +36%	75−80 −36%
1440p	63 +40%	45−50 −40%
4K	39 +44.4%	27−30 −44.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

45−50
+40%

35−40

−40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	91 +40%	65−70 −40%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	71 +42%	50−55 −42%
Battlefield 5	119 +40%	85−90 −40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	88 +35.4%	65−70 −35.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +40%	35−40 −40%
Far Cry 5	105 +40%	75−80 −40%
Far Cry New Dawn	110 +37.5%	80−85 −37.5%
Forza Horizon 4	366 +35.6%	270−280 −35.6%
Hitman 3	83 +38.3%	60−65 −38.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	223 +39.4%	160−170 −39.4%
Metro Exodus	130 +36.8%	95−100 −36.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 +42.9%	70−75 −42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	148 +34.5%	110−120 −34.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	227 +41.9%	160−170 −41.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	107 +33.8%	80−85 −33.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56 +40%	40−45 −40%
Battlefield 5	105 +40%	75−80 −40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	79 +43.6%	55−60 −43.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +40%	35−40 −40%
Far Cry 5	85 +41.7%	60−65 −41.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	82 +36.7%	60−65 −36.7%
Forza Horizon 4	280 +40%	200−210 −40%
Hitman 3	75 +36.4%	55−60 −36.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	196 +40%	140−150 −40%
Metro Exodus	112 +40%	80−85 −40%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75 +36.4%	55−60 −36.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	123 +36.7%	90−95 −36.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +37.8%	45−50 −37.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190 +35.7%	140−150 −35.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50 +42.9%	35−40 −42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +37.1%	35−40 −37.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	58 +45%	40−45 −45%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +40%	35−40 −40%
Far Cry 5	62 +37.8%	45−50 −37.8%
Forza Horizon 4	88 +35.4%	65−70 −35.4%
Hitman 3	66 +46.7%	45−50 −46.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	94 +34.3%	70−75 −34.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	107 +33.8%	80−85 −33.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60 +50%	40−45 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	38 +40.7%	27−30 −40.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

79
+43.6%

55−60

−43.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65 +44.4%	45−50 −44.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	54 +35%	40−45 −35%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40 +48.1%	27−30 −48.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +40.7%	27−30 −40.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	42 +40%	30−33 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +42.9%	14−16 −42.9%
Far Cry 5	42 +40%	30−33 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	246 +36.7%	180−190 −36.7%
Hitman 3	46 +53.3%	30−33 −53.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70 +40%	50−55 −40%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +40%	40−45 −40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +34%	50−55 −34%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +40.7%	27−30 −40.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	210 +40%	150−160 −40%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

62
+37.8%

45−50

−37.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	32 +52.4%	21−24 −52.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	30 +42.9%	21−24 −42.9%
Hitman 3	28 +55.6%	18−20 −55.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	86 +43.3%	60−65 −43.3%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +45.8%	24−27 −45.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +44.4%	27−30 −44.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25 +38.9%	18−20 −38.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	22 +37.5%	16−18 −37.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 +42.9%	14−16 −42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Far Cry 5	21 +50%	14−16 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +48.1%	27−30 −48.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +40.7%	27−30 −40.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	15 +50%	10−11 −50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30
+42.9%

21−24

−42.9%

This is how RTX 2060 Mobile and RX 5500 compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is 36% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 40% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 44% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	30.44	22.77
Recency	29 January 2019	7 October 2019
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	110 Watt