RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF vs Radeon RX 5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5500 with RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF, including specs and performance data.

RX 5500
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
19.94

PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF outperforms 5500 by a whopping 240% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking29320
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.6078.13
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameNavi 14GB203
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)11 August 2025 (less than a year ago)

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 cores14088960
Core clock speedno data790 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1337 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate162.4374.4
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS23.96 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs88280
Tensor Coresno data280
Ray Tracing Coresno data70
L1 Cacheno data8.8 MB
L2 Cacheno data48 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x8
Length180 mm167 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s432.0 GB/s
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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 5500 19.94
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF 67.89
+240%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

RX 5500 8817
Samples: 344
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF 30019
+240%
Samples: 2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.94 67.89
Recency 7 October 2019 11 August 2025
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 70 Watt

RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF has a 240.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 57.1% lower power consumption.

The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5500 is a desktop graphics card while RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF is a workstation one.

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