AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and AMD Radeon RX 5500 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
112
59
47
28
79
45
34
20
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
58
44
27
15
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
87
64
45
19
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
63
50
37
19
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
36
26
21
11
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
50
43
28
15
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
33
28
17
9
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
33
29
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
65
57
31
19
Avg FPS
1080p High8956
1080p Ultra6843
1440p Ultra4728
4K Ultra2515
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
4432
Time Spy76334857
Fire Strike2231014382
Night Raid8663060149
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
43831
Background Blur123.2 frames/s93.3 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s48.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec1.68 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec2.43 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec1.99 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec0.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec144.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps5990 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
9104
G2D Mark870775
DirectX 1196 fps56 fps
DirectX 1252 fps40 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s4520 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fps353.5 fps
Car Chase465.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex1882.8 fpsn/a
ALU 22438.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2278.9n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 December, 12, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 RDNA 1.0
Codename Navi 10 Navi 14
Price 279 169

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1845 MHz
Shader Units 2304 1408
TMUs 144 88
ROPs 64 32
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 59 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 162 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 5.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 150 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 158 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 37.97 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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