Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 5500 vs Radeon R9 Nano
AMD
Radeon RX 5500
8192 Mb GDDR6
Released 7 Oct 2019
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R9 Nano
4096 Mb HBM
Released 27 Aug 2015
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 5500130%
- Radeon R9 Nano100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 5500
- 30% higher gaming performance.
- 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 Nano
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Nano |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XT) | Fiji (Fiji XT CA) |
| 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 | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 88 | 256 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | Radeon R9 Nano |
|---|
| 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 Nano |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2019 | 27 Aug 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 550059.04 GP/s
- Radeon R9 Nano64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 5500162.40 GT/s
- Radeon R9 Nano256.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 5500224.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 Nano512.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 55005196.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 Nano8192.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550077
- Radeon R9 Nano46
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550046
- Radeon R9 Nano37
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550026
- Radeon R9 Nano26
FPS (higher is better)