Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce RTX 2080

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Aggregate performance score

RTX 2080
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 215 Watt
48.66
+105%

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by a whopping 105% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking56215
Place by popularitynot in top-10082
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.3215.37
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTuring TU104Navi 14 XTX
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 August 2018 (5 years ago)12 December 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $169
Current price$426 (0.6x MSRP)$317 (1.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2080 has 71% 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 cores29441408
Core clock speed1515 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz1845 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate314.6162.4

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm180 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s224.0 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, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+no data

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5no 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.

RTX 2080 48.66
+105%
RX 5500 XT 23.69

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 105% 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%

RTX 2080 18810
+105%
RX 5500 XT 9159

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 105% 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%

RTX 2080 40278
+107%
RX 5500 XT 19499

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 107% 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%

RTX 2080 66631
RX 5500 XT 68429
+2.7%

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 by 3% 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%

RTX 2080 17810
+24.5%
RX 5500 XT 14305

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 25% 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%

RTX 2080 143576
+65.8%
RX 5500 XT 86609

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 66% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 2080 103174
+130%
RX 5500 XT 44867

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 130% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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%

RTX 2080 436117
RX 5500 XT 560812
+28.6%

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 by 29% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 2080 103023
+146%
RX 5500 XT 41919

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 146% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 150
+36.5%
RX 5500 XT 110

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 36% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 70
RX 5500 XT 122
+74.8%

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 by 75% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 12
RX 5500 XT 78
+557%

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 by 557% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 109
+3.3%
RX 5500 XT 105

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 3% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 52
RX 5500 XT 64
+21.8%

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 by 22% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 45
RX 5500 XT 51
+12.4%

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 by 12% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 13
RX 5500 XT 15
+20.8%

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 by 21% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 205
+60.3%
RX 5500 XT 128

GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT by 60% 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 HD144
+92%
75
−92%
1440p100
+133%
43
−133%
4K74
+196%
25
−196%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+14.1%
78
−14.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 105
+128%
45−50
−128%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 98
+36.1%
72
−36.1%
Battlefield 5 194
+149%
75−80
−149%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 132
+154%
50−55
−154%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+45.9%
61
−45.9%
Far Cry 5 127
+123%
55−60
−123%
Far Cry New Dawn 165
+154%
65−70
−154%
Forza Horizon 4 156
+100%
78
−100%
Hitman 3 165
+63.4%
101
−63.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 246
+48.2%
166
−48.2%
Metro Exodus 144
+9.1%
132
−9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 109
+0.9%
108
−0.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 180−190
+35.3%
133
−35.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110
+48.6%
74
−48.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 91
+97.8%
45−50
−97.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 83
+43.1%
58
−43.1%
Battlefield 5 182
+133%
75−80
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 178
+242%
50−55
−242%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+97.8%
45
−97.8%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+109%
43
−109%
Far Cry New Dawn 113
+146%
46
−146%
Forza Horizon 4 153
+132%
66
−132%
Hitman 3 107
+75.4%
61
−75.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 229
+72.2%
133
−72.2%
Metro Exodus 102
+10.9%
92
−10.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 102
+15.9%
88
−15.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55
−58.2%
87
+58.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+90.5%
95
−90.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 98
+53.1%
64
−53.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68
+47.8%
45−50
−47.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+49%
49
−49%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90
+73.1%
50−55
−73.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+123%
40
−123%
Far Cry 5 81
+42.1%
55−60
−42.1%
Forza Horizon 4 132
+136%
56
−136%
Horizon Zero Dawn 169
+94.3%
87
−94.3%
Metro Exodus 92
+10.8%
83
−10.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 106
+82.8%
58
−82.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 79
+119%
36
−119%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 99
+30.3%
76
−30.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 123
+173%
45−50
−173%
Far Cry New Dawn 138
+106%
67
−106%
Hitman 3 70
+55.6%
45
−55.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 52
+117%
24
−117%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 58
+123%
24−27
−123%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
+62.2%
37
−62.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 91
+184%
30−35
−184%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+115%
20
−115%
Far Cry 5 99
+65%
60
−65%
Forza Horizon 4 118
+188%
41
−188%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+98.5%
65
−98.5%
Metro Exodus 89
+48.3%
60
−48.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+87.9%
66
−87.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+171%
27−30
−171%
Watch Dogs: Legion 58
+123%
26
−123%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 70−75
+180%
25
−180%
Far Cry New Dawn 82
+122%
37
−122%
Hitman 3 48
+84.6%
26
−84.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+144%
27−30
−144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 47
+114%
22
−114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+145%
31
−145%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41
+173%
14−16
−173%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 38
+100%
19
−100%
Battlefield 5 76
+117%
35
−117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60
+216%
18−20
−216%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+138%
8
−138%
Forza Horizon 4 81
+286%
21
−286%
Horizon Zero Dawn 76
+105%
37
−105%
Metro Exodus 62
+100%
31
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35
+150%
14
−150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 59
+146%
24
−146%

This is how RTX 2080 and RX 5500 XT compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is 92% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 is 133% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 is 196% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2080 is 286% faster.
  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 5500 XT is 58% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • RX 5500 XT is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 48.66 23.69
Recency 27 August 2018 12 December 2019
Cost $699 $169
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 130 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500 XT in performance tests.


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