AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5500M, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
70
40
30
15
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
46
37
22
13
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
70
51
35
15
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
53
43
31
15
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
30
26
16
9
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
46
40
28
17
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
29
22
17
9
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
31
26
15
n/a
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
56
45
30
17
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High48155
1080p Ultra37127
1440p Ultra2594
4K Ultra1355
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
3816
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy430016983
Solar Bayn/a64114
Port Royaln/a9710
Fire Strike1284939013
Night Raid42092155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
46415
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur89.3 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection50.3 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.91 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.74 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.25 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.49 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching159.9 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5898.4 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
5791
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark4121191
DirectX 1135 fps187 fps
DirectX 1228 fps57 fps
GPU Compute2303 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
50.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)289.3 fpsn/a
Car Chase262.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)221.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex936.7 fpsn/a
ALU 21171.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2153.2 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1215.9n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 7, 2019 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename Navi 14 Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 1375 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1645 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 1408 2048
TMUs 88 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 22 32
Ray Tracing Cores No 32
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 53 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 145 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 85 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 158 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 6.4 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 40.51 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
224 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a No
DisplayPort 1.4 2.1a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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