Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 5500 vs Radeon RX 590
AMD
Radeon RX 5500
8192 Mb GDDR6
Released 7 Oct 2019
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VS
AMD
Radeon RX 590
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released UNRELEASED
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 5500100%
- Radeon RX 590119%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 5500
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 590
- 19% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 590
The Radeon RX 590 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 RX 590 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XT) | Polaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | 244 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 22 | 36 |
| Core clock | 1670 MHz | 1257 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | 144 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | Radeon RX 590 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 | Radeon RX 590 |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2019 | UNRELEASED |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 550059.04 GP/s
- Radeon RX 59049.44 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 5500162.40 GT/s
- Radeon RX 590222.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 5500224.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX 590256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 55005196.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 5907119.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550077
- Radeon RX 59080
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550046
- Radeon RX 59059
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550026
- Radeon RX 59033
FPS (higher is better)