Xbox Series S GPU vs Radeon RX 5500
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 282 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 14.30 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | Lockhart |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 October 2019 (5 years ago) | 10 November 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $299 |
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 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1565 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 8,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 162.4 | 125.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.196 TFLOPS | 4.006 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | 80 |
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 | IGP |
| Length | 180 mm | 274 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 224.0 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 October 2019 | 10 November 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 100 Watt |
Xbox Series S GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 10% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5500 and Xbox Series S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
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