Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 5500 vs Radeon R9 FURY X
AMD
Radeon RX 5500
8192 Mb GDDR6
Released 7 Oct 2019
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 FURY X
4096 Mb HBM
Released 24 Jun 2015
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 5500112%
- Radeon R9 FURY X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 5500
- 12% higher gaming performance.
- 125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 FURY X .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 FURY X
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon RX 5500
The Radeon RX 5500 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | Radeon R9 FURY X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XT) | Fiji (Fiji XT C8) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | 596 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | 8,900 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | 4096 |
| Compute Units | 22 | 64 |
| Core clock | 1670 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 88 | 256 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | Radeon R9 FURY X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | HBM |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 4096 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 | Radeon R9 FURY X |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2019 | 24 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 550059.04 GP/s
- Radeon R9 FURY X67.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 5500162.40 GT/s
- Radeon R9 FURY X268.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 5500224.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 FURY X512.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 55005196.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 FURY X8602.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550077
- Radeon R9 FURY X53
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550046
- Radeon R9 FURY X43
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550026
- Radeon R9 FURY X30
FPS (higher is better)