FirePro D500 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Place in performance ranking	215	395
Place by popularity	82	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	15.38	2.67
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Navi 14 XTX	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	12 December 2019 (4 years ago)	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	no data
Current price	$317 (1.9x MSRP)	$475

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500 XT has 476% better value for money than FirePro D500.

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	1408	1536
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,400 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	274 Watt
Texture fill rate	162.4	69.60
Floating-point performance	no data	2,227 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	180 mm	279 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	243.8 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.5	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
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	75 +150%	30−35 −150%
1440p	43 +139%	18−20 −139%
4K	25 +150%	10−12 −150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

78
+123%

35−40

−123%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +124%	21−24 −124%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	72 +140%	30−33 −140%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +123%	35−40 −123%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +148%	21−24 −148%
Cyberpunk 2077	61 +126%	27−30 −126%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +138%	24−27 −138%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +141%	27−30 −141%
Forza Horizon 4	78 +123%	35−40 −123%
Hitman 3	101 +124%	45−50 −124%
Horizon Zero Dawn	166 +121%	75−80 −121%
Metro Exodus	132 +140%	55−60 −140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	108 +140%	45−50 −140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	133 +122%	60−65 −122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	74 +147%	30−33 −147%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +124%	21−24 −124%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	58 +142%	24−27 −142%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +123%	35−40 −123%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +148%	21−24 −148%
Cyberpunk 2077	45 +150%	18−20 −150%
Far Cry 5	43 +139%	18−20 −139%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 +156%	18−20 −156%
Forza Horizon 4	66 +144%	27−30 −144%
Hitman 3	61 +126%	27−30 −126%
Horizon Zero Dawn	133 +122%	60−65 −122%
Metro Exodus	92 +130%	40−45 −130%
Red Dead Redemption 2	88 +151%	35−40 −151%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	87 +149%	35−40 −149%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95 +138%	40−45 −138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	64 +137%	27−30 −137%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +124%	21−24 −124%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	49 +133%	21−24 −133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +148%	21−24 −148%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 +122%	18−20 −122%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +138%	24−27 −138%
Forza Horizon 4	56 +133%	24−27 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	87 +149%	35−40 −149%
Metro Exodus	83 +137%	35−40 −137%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	58 +142%	24−27 −142%
Watch Dogs: Legion	36 +125%	16−18 −125%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

76
+153%

30−33

−153%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +150%	18−20 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	67 +123%	30−33 −123%
Hitman 3	45 +150%	18−20 −150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24 +140%	10−11 −140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +160%	10−11 −160%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	37 +131%	16−18 −131%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +129%	14−16 −129%
Cyberpunk 2077	20 +122%	9−10 −122%
Far Cry 5	60 +122%	27−30 −122%
Forza Horizon 4	41 +128%	18−20 −128%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65 +141%	27−30 −141%
Metro Exodus	60 +122%	27−30 −122%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	66 +144%	27−30 −144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +133%	12−14 −133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	26 +160%	10−11 −160%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	25 +150%	10−11 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	37 +131%	16−18 −131%
Hitman 3	26 +160%	10−11 −160%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +125%	12−14 −125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	22 +144%	9−10 −144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31 +121%	14−16 −121%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19 +138%	8−9 −138%
Battlefield 5	35 +150%	14−16 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +138%	8−9 −138%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	21 +133%	9−10 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	37 +131%	16−18 −131%
Metro Exodus	31 +121%	14−16 −121%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14 +133%	6−7 −133%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24
+140%

10−11

−140%

This is how RX 5500 XT and FirePro D500 compete in popular games:

RX 5500 XT is 150% faster in 1080p
RX 5500 XT is 139% faster in 1440p
RX 5500 XT is 150% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	23.69	10.72
Recency	12 December 2019	18 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	274 Watt