Switch 2 GPU vs Radeon RX 5500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking286not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.38no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameNavi 14GA10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores14081536
Core clock speedno data561 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate162.467.20
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8848
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 x16no data
Length180 mm272 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Resizable BAR++

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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-1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 October 2019 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 40 Watt

RX 5500 has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 175% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5500 and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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