Radeon R7 M445 vs RX 5500 XT

Place in performance ranking	215	802
Place by popularity	82	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	15.35	0.10
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Navi 14 XTX	Meso
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 December 2019 (4 years ago)	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	no data
Current price	$317 (1.9x MSRP)	$809

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500 XT has 15250% better value for money than R7 M445.

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	320
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	920 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	920 MHz
Number of transistors	6,400 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	162.4	18.40
Floating-point performance	no data	588.8 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 5500 XT and Radeon R7 M445 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.

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	180 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
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	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	32 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.5	6.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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.

RX 5500 XT 23.71
+872%

R7 M445 2.44

RX 5500 XT outperforms R7 M445 by 872% 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%

RX 5500 XT 9155
+871%

R7 M445 943

RX 5500 XT outperforms R7 M445 by 871% 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%

RX 5500 XT 19499
+783%

R7 M445 2208

RX 5500 XT outperforms R7 M445 by 783% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 5500 XT 68429
+896%

R7 M445 6872

RX 5500 XT outperforms R7 M445 by 896% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

RX 5500 XT 14305
+806%

R7 M445 1579

RX 5500 XT outperforms R7 M445 by 806% 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%

RX 5500 XT 86609
+801%

R7 M445 9617

RX 5500 XT outperforms R7 M445 by 801% 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%

RX 5500 XT 560812
+343%

R7 M445 126481

RX 5500 XT outperforms R7 M445 by 343% 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	74 +429%	14 −429%
1440p	41 +925%	4−5 −925%
4K	24 +1100%	2−3 −1100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	72 +929%	7−8 −929%
Battlefield 5	75−80	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	61	no data
Far Cry 5	55−60	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65	no data
Forza Horizon 4	78	no data
Hitman 3	64	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	166	no data
Metro Exodus	132 +1000%	12−14 −1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	108	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	133	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	74	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	58 +1060%	5−6 −1060%
Battlefield 5	75−80	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	45	no data
Far Cry 5	55−60	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100−110	no data
Hitman 3	61	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95	no data
Metro Exodus	93 +933%	9−10 −933%
Red Dead Redemption 2	88	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	108	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	202	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	49 +880%	5−6 −880%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	40	no data
Far Cry 5	55−60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	56	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	87	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	58	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	36	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	67	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	37 +1133%	3−4 −1133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	20	no data
Far Cry 5	60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	41	no data
Hitman 3	36	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	65	no data
Metro Exodus	60 +900%	6−7 −900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	66 +1000%	6−7 −1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	26	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	22 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31 +933%	3−4 −933%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	8	0−1
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	21 +950%	2−3 −950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	37	no data
Metro Exodus	31	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	14	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

This is how RX 5500 XT and R7 M445 compete in popular games:

RX 5500 XT is 429% faster in 1080p
RX 5500 XT is 925% faster in 1440p
RX 5500 XT is 1100% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	23.71	2.44
Recency	12 December 2019	15 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt