Radeon RX 5500 OEM vs R9 FURY X

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	192	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	7.45	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Fiji	Navi 14
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	24 June 2015 (8 years old)	7 October 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data
Current price	$350 (0.5x MSRP)	$135

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	4096	1408
Compute units	64	no data
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1845 MHz
Number of transistors	8,900 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	268.8	162.4
Floating-point performance	8,602 gflops	no data

Size and 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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	191 mm	180 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	1	no data

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	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR6
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	224.0 GB/s

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	no data
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	+	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
Mantle	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	24 June 2015	7 October 2019
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	110 Watt

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