Radeon RX 5500 vs RX 580 2048SP

Place in performance ranking	263	226
Place by popularity	35	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	28.00	10.05
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	Navi 14
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 October 2018 (5 years ago)	7 October 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$110	$444

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 580 2048SP has 179% 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	2048	1408
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz	1845 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	164.4	162.4

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 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	180 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no 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 580 2048SP 19.91

RX 5500 22.69
+14%

RX 5500 outperforms RX 580 2048SP by 14% 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 580 2048SP 7707

RX 5500 8783
+14%

RX 5500 outperforms RX 580 2048SP by 14% in Passmark.

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	19.91	22.69
Recency	15 October 2018	7 October 2019
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	110 Watt