Radeon RX 6800 XT vs RX 5500

Place in performance ranking	226	24
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	10.10	28.05
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Navi 14	Navi 21
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2019 (4 years ago)	18 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$649
Current price	$444	$696 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6800 XT has 178% better value for money than RX 5500.

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	4608
Core clock speed	no data	1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	2250 MHz
Number of transistors	6,400 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	162.4	648.0

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

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	512.0 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	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.2

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 22.76

RX 6800 XT 64.84
+185%

RX 6800 XT outperforms RX 5500 by 185% based on our aggregated 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 8813

RX 6800 XT 25104
+185%

RX 6800 XT outperforms RX 5500 by 185% in Passmark.