Radeon RX 5500M vs R7 350

Place in performance ranking	570	345
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.82	9.23
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	Navi 14 / R19M-E85
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 July 2016 (7 years ago)	29 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$142	$998

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500M has 1026% better value for money than R7 350.

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	512	1408
Core clock speed	800 MHz	1327 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1645 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.60	144.8
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 350 and Radeon RX 5500M 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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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	21−24 −167%	56 +167%
1440p	18−20 −183%	51 +183%
4K	10−12 −200%	30 +200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24

−162%

55
+162%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −169%	43 +169%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −167%	56 +167%
Battlefield 5	18−20 −156%	45−50 +156%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −194%	53 +194%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −169%	43 +169%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −175%	30−35 +175%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −179%	35−40 +179%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −183%	65−70 +183%
Hitman 3	21−24 −176%	58 +176%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −164%	119 +164%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −161%	45−50 +161%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −171%	57 +171%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −189%	101 +189%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −176%	58 +176%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −186%	40 +186%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −160%	26 +160%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −183%	34 +183%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −167%	48 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −175%	33 +175%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −175%	30−35 +175%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −179%	35−40 +179%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −183%	65−70 +183%
Hitman 3	18−20 −178%	50 +178%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −162%	144 +162%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −157%	36 +157%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −194%	53 +194%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −173%	82 +173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −167%	72 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −158%	168 +158%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −158%	31 +158%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −180%	14 +180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −160%	26 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −200%	30 +200%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −175%	30−35 +175%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −183%	65−70 +183%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −156%	69 +156%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −167%	72 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −181%	45 +181%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −175%	22 +175%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−157%

54
+157%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −157%	54 +157%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −189%	52 +189%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −233%	10 +233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −200%	30 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −167%	48 +167%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Hitman 3	12−14 −175%	33 +175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −162%	55 +162%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −161%	47 +161%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −178%	24−27 +178%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −200%	14−16 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −167%	16 +167%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−186%

40
+186%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −190%	29 +190%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Hitman 3	3−4 −200%	9 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −200%	14−16 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −200%	15 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −160%	12−14 +160%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	2−3
Far Cry 5	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −178%	25 +178%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −178%	25 +178%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−186%

+186%

This is how R7 350 and RX 5500M compete in popular games:

RX 5500M is 167% faster in 1080p
RX 5500M is 183% faster in 1440p
RX 5500M is 200% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.58	14.25
Recency	6 July 2016	29 September 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	85 Watt