Radeon Pro 5500M vs ATI X1650 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated305
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.30
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameRV560Navi 14
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date30 October 2006 (18 years ago)13 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 coresno data1536
Core clock speed525 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1450 MHz
Number of transistors330 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate4.200139.2
Floating-point processing powerno data4.454 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs896

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2006 13 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 85 Watt

ATI X1650 XT has 54.5% lower power consumption.

Pro 5500M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1650 XT and Radeon Pro 5500M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1650 XT is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 5500M is a mobile workstation one.


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