AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon RX 5600M

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

The AMD Radeon RX 5500M (or RX 5500 Mobile Graphics) is a mobile mid-range graphics card based on the Navi 14 chip (RDNA architecture) manufactured in the modern 7nm process. It features 1,408 cores clocked at 1,645 MHz (max. Boost, 1448 MHz max game clock) and fast GDDR6 graphics memory (14 Gbps).

The Navi 14 chip uses the new RDNA (Radeon DNA) microarchitecture which is a successor the the GCN instruction set. It features a new processor design, a multi-level cache hierarchy and an improved rendering pipeline with support for GDDR6 memory.

The performance of the RX5500M should be between the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and the normal GeForce GTX 1660 Ti according to AMD. That means it should be best suited for Full HD (1920x1080) with high or maximum settings in demanding games. AMD states that the 5500M should be able to hit a performance of up to 4,6 TFLOPS (theoretical) versus 5,2 (+12%) of the desktop Radeon 5500. In our gaming benchmarks with the MSI Alpha 15, the RX 5500M however was slightly slower on average than the older GTX 1060 (mobile) and therefore between GTX 1650 and GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q.

The chip is specified with a TDP of 85 Watt and therefore 20 Watt more than the slower clocked Radeon RX5300M. In games the power consumption of the chip ranges between 64 and 105 Watt (Ghost Recon gameplay recorded with HWInfo64). In the MSI Alpha 15 the power consumption was clearly higher than the GTX 1060 and GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and only slightly below a normal GTX 1660 Ti (measured in The Witcher 3 with an external monitor).

AMD Radeon RX 5600M

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The AMD Radeon RX 5600M (or RX 5600 Mobile Graphics) is a mobile mid-range graphics card based on the Navi 10 chip (RDNA architecture) manufactured in the modern 7nm process. It features 2,304 cores (36 CUs - compute units) and fast GDDR6 graphics memory (12 Gbps most likely). The clock speed of the cores will depend on the laptop according to AMD. It can be up to the desktop RX 5600 XT (1265 base and 1560 boost).

The Navi 10 chip uses the new RDNA (Radeon DNA) microarchitecture which is a successor the the GCN instruction set. It features a new processor design, a multi-level cache hierarchy and an improved rendering pipeline with support for GDDR6 memory.

The performance of the RX5600M should be similar to a Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 according to AMD. That means it should be best suited for Full HD (1920x1080) with maximum settings in demanding games.

The chip starts with a TDP of 60 Watt (for a Max-Q like version we guess, as the RX 5500M already has a TDP of 85 Watt).

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AMD Radeon RX 5500M

AMD Radeon RX 5600M

Radeon RX 5000M Series

Radeon RX 5700M	2304 @ 1.47 - 1.72 GHz	256 Bit @ 12000 MHz
Radeon RX 5600M	2304 @ 1.27 GHz	192 Bit @ 12000 MHz
Radeon RX 5500M	1408 @ 1.33 - 1.65 GHz	128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Radeon RX 5300M	1408 @ 1.04 - 1.45 GHz	96 Bit @ 14000 MHz

Radeon RX 5700M	2304 @ 1.47 - 1.72 GHz	256 Bit @ 12000 MHz
Radeon RX 5600M	2304 @ 1.27 GHz	192 Bit @ 12000 MHz
Radeon RX 5500M	1408 @ 1.33 - 1.65 GHz	128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Radeon RX 5300M	1408 @ 1.04 - 1.45 GHz	96 Bit @ 14000 MHz

Codename

Navi 14 / R19M-E85

Navi 10

Architecture

Navi / RDNA

Pipelines

1408 - unified

2304 - unified

Core Speed

1327 - 1645 (Boost) MHz

1265 (Boost) MHz

Memory Speed

14000 MHz

12000 MHz

Memory Bus Width

128 Bit

192 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR6

Max. Amount of Memory

4 GB

6 GB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 12, Shader 6.4, OpenGL 4.6

Power Consumption

85 Watt

60 Watt

Transistors

6.4 Billion

technology

7 nm

Features

DisplayPort 1.4 w/DFSC, HDMI 2.0b, Radeon Media Engine (H.264 4K150 decode, 4K90 encode / H.265 4K90 decode, 4K60 encode / VP9 4K90 decode)

Notebook Size

medium sized

Date of Announcement

29.09.2019

07.01.2020

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.amd.com