GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs HD Graphics 5500
Aggregated performance score
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 3041% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 929 | 63 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 93 |
| Value for money | 0.06 | 46.48 |
| Architecture | Gen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015) | Turing (2018−2021) |
| GPU code name | Broadwell GT2 | Turing TU104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 January 2015 (9 years old) | 2 July 2019 (4 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $499 |
| Current price | $410 | $261 (0.5x MSRP) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
RTX 2070 Super has 77367% better value for money than HD Graphics 5500.
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 | 24 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1605 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 950 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,300 million | 13,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 215 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 22.80 | 283.2 |
Size and compatibility
Information on HD Graphics 5500 and GeForce RTX 2070 Super compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x1 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 14000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 448.0 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 outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | no data | + |
| G-SYNC support | no data | + |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | no data | + |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.80 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | no data | 7.5 |
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.
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 3041% based on our aggregated 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%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 3041% in Passmark.
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%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 1759% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
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%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 3478% 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%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 3616% 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%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 2232% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.
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%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 778% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 6362% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 484% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 392% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 1308% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 711% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 4130% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 2952% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 11900% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase
Benchmark coverage: 2%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 2952% in SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase.
SPECviewperf 12 - Maya
This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.
Benchmark coverage: 2%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 5677% in SPECviewperf 12 - Maya.
SPECviewperf 12 - Catia
Benchmark coverage: 2%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 1275% in SPECviewperf 12 - Catia.
SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks
Benchmark coverage: 2%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 484% in SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks.
SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX
Benchmark coverage: 2%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 388% in SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX.
SPECviewperf 12 - Creo
Benchmark coverage: 2%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 666% in SPECviewperf 12 - Creo.
SPECviewperf 12 - Medical
Benchmark coverage: 2%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 4130% in SPECviewperf 12 - Medical.
SPECviewperf 12 - Energy
Benchmark coverage: 2%
GeForce RTX 2070 Super outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 11900% in SPECviewperf 12 - Energy.
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:
| 900p | 13
−2977%
| 400−450
+2977%
|
| Full HD | 10
−1250%
| 135
+1250%
|
| 1440p | 2−3
−4100%
| 84
+4100%
|
| 4K | 1−2
−5400%
| 55
+5400%
|
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−2250%
|
94
+2250%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | 104 |
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 118 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
−1700%
|
180
+1700%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−2000%
|
84
+2000%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−17300%
|
174
+17300%
|
| Hitman 3 | 2−3
−8700%
|
176
+8700%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−11000%
|
111
+11000%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−2825%
|
117
+2825%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
−1771%
|
131
+1771%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | 90 |
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 103 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
−1290%
|
139
+1290%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−1850%
|
78
+1850%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−17100%
|
172
+17100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 2−3
−7600%
|
154
+7600%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−8600%
|
87
+8600%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−4400%
|
90
+4400%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−1575%
|
67
+1575%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
−1657%
|
123
+1657%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4
−4425%
|
181
+4425%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | 65 |
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 95 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−1725%
|
73
+1725%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−15200%
|
153
+15200%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2
−4900%
|
100
+4900%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−3067%
|
95
+3067%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−2425%
|
101
+2425%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 9−10
−600%
|
63
+600%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 | 44 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6
−1620%
|
86
+1620%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4600%
|
47
+4600%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−4800%
|
98
+4800%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−3600%
|
70−75
+3600%
|
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−2650%
|
55
+2650%
|
| Hitman 3 | 2−3
−2650%
|
55
+2650%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8
−171%
|
19
+171%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 | 28 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | 39 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 32 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−1700%
|
54
+1700%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6
−1040%
|
57
+1040%
|
This is how HD Graphics 5500 and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:
900p resolution:
- RTX 2070 Super is 2977% faster than HD Graphics 5500
1080p resolution:
- RTX 2070 Super is 1250% faster than HD Graphics 5500
1440p resolution:
- RTX 2070 Super is 4100% faster than HD Graphics 5500
4K resolution:
- RTX 2070 Super is 5400% faster than HD Graphics 5500
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 17300% faster than the HD Graphics 5500.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, RTX 2070 Super surpassed HD Graphics 5500 in all 32 of our tests.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 1.50 | 47.12 |
| Recency | 5 January 2015 | 2 July 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 215 Watt |
The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 5500 in performance tests.
Be aware that HD Graphics 5500 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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