RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs RX 5500M

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Combined performance score

RX 5500M
14.12
+126%

RX 5500M outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 126% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking341543
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.10no data
ArchitectureNavi / RDNA (2019−2020)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameNavi 14 / R19M-E85Vega Renoir
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 September 2019 (4 years old)7 January 2020 (4 years old)
Current price$998 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores1408384
Core clock speed1327 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate144.8no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 5500M and Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed14000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data

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 5500M 14.12
+126%
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 6.24

RX 5500M outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 126% in our combined benchmark results.


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 5500M 16476
+291%
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 4210

RX 5500M outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 291% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 5500M 12276
+340%
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 2793

RX 5500M outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 340% 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 5500M 50946
+133%
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 21857

RX 5500M outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 133% 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 5500M 210925
+15.5%
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 182608

RX 5500M outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 16% 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 HD57
+185%
20
−185%
1440p47
+67.9%
28
−67.9%
4K30
+66.7%
18
−66.7%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 55
+400%
11
−400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 43
+169%
16
−169%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+700%
7−8
−700%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+118%
22
−118%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 94
+370%
20
−370%
Cyberpunk 2077 43
+378%
9
−378%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+147%
15
−147%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+179%
14
−179%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+138%
21−24
−138%
Hitman 3 84
+460%
15
−460%
Horizon Zero Dawn 67
+509%
11
−509%
Red Dead Redemption 2 63
+320%
15
−320%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+100%
15
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 58
+314%
14
−314%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+208%
13
−208%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 26
+271%
7−8
−271%
Battlefield 5 93
+343%
21
−343%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 73
+943%
7
−943%
Cyberpunk 2077 33
+450%
6
−450%
Far Cry 5 62
+288%
16
−288%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+160%
14−16
−160%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+138%
21−24
−138%
Hitman 3 55
+267%
14−16
−267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 54
+980%
5
−980%
Metro Exodus 39
+388%
8
−388%
Red Dead Redemption 2 32
+191%
10−12
−191%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 58
+346%
13
−346%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
+350%
16
−350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 51
+467%
9−10
−467%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+158%
12−14
−158%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
+100%
7−8
−100%
Battlefield 5 75
+295%
19
−295%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
+200%
10−11
−200%
Far Cry 5 59
+269%
16
−269%
Far Cry New Dawn 51
+240%
14−16
−240%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+138%
21−24
−138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+309%
11
−309%
Watch Dogs: Legion 22
+144%
9−10
−144%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35
+289%
9−10
−289%
Hitman 3 46
+360%
10−11
−360%
Horizon Zero Dawn 34
+183%
12−14
−183%
Metro Exodus 25
+525%
4−5
−525%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 32
+256%
9−10
−256%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
Battlefield 5 44
+780%
5−6
−780%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 48
+380%
10−11
−380%
Far Cry New Dawn 47
+571%
7−8
−571%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16
+700%
2−3
−700%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20
+400%
4−5
−400%
Hitman 3 23
+283%
6−7
−283%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 15
+650%
2−3
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Battlefield 5 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 25
+213%
8−9
−213%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

This is how RX 5500M and RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RX 5500M is 185% faster than RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

1440p resolution:

  • RX 5500M is 67.9% faster than RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

4K resolution:

  • RX 5500M is 66.7% faster than RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 5500M is 980% faster than the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000).

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 5500M surpassed RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 67 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.12 6.24
Recency 29 September 2019 7 January 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 15 Watt

The Radeon RX 5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.


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