Radeon RX 7900 XT vs Pro 5500M

Place in performance ranking	290	12
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.79	25.45
Architecture	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Navi 14	Navi 31 XT
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	13 November 2019 (4 years ago)	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$899
Current price	$1950	$884 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XT has 431% better value for money than Pro 5500M.

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 cores	1536	5376
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	6,400 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	315 Watt
Texture fill rate	139.2	804.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon RX 7900 XT 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.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	276 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 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	8 GB	20 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	800.0 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 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

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.

Pro 5500M 17.64

RX 7900 XT 74.72
+324%

RX 7900 XT outperforms Pro 5500M by 324% 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%

Pro 5500M 6813

RX 7900 XT 28855
+324%

RX 7900 XT outperforms Pro 5500M by 324% 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%

Pro 5500M 14725

RX 7900 XT 75896
+415%

RX 7900 XT outperforms Pro 5500M by 415% 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%

Pro 5500M 10399

RX 7900 XT 63712
+513%

RX 7900 XT outperforms Pro 5500M by 513% 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%

Pro 5500M 65776

RX 7900 XT 259707
+295%

RX 7900 XT outperforms Pro 5500M by 295% 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%

Pro 5500M 364184

RX 7900 XT 737404
+102%

RX 7900 XT outperforms Pro 5500M by 102% in 3DMark Ice Storm 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	62 −232%	206 +232%
1440p	52 −165%	138 +165%
4K	34 −171%	92 +171%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33	no data
Battlefield 5	55−60	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Metro Exodus	55−60	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	75	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33	no data
Battlefield 5	55−60	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Metro Exodus	64	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	61	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	68	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	44	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	37	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	no data
Far Cry 5	40	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Hitman 3	21−24	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	41	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	13	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	10−11	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Metro Exodus	21	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

This is how Pro 5500M and RX 7900 XT compete in popular games:

RX 7900 XT is 232% faster in 1080p
RX 7900 XT is 165% faster in 1440p
RX 7900 XT is 171% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.64	74.72
Recency	13 November 2019	3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	315 Watt