PG506-232 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	296	not rated
Place by popularity	93	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	34.87	no data
Power efficiency	12.84	no data
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Navi 14	GA100
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	12 December 2019 (6 years ago)	12 April 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1408	3584
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1440 MHz
Number of transistors	6,400 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	162.4	322.6
Floating-point processing power	5.196 TFLOPS	10.32 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	96
TMUs	88	224
Tensor Cores	no data	224
L1 Cache	no data	10.5 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	24 MB

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 4.0 x16
Length	180 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	8-pin EPS

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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	3072 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	933.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	+	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	N/A
Shader Model	6.5	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	8.0
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 December 2019	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt

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