
Apple MacBook Pro 16 2019 Laptop Review: A convincing Core i9-9880H and Radeon Pro 5500M powered multimedia laptop
Intel Core i9-9880H | AMD Radeon Pro 5500M | 16.00" | 2 kg
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M is a mobile mid-range graphics card based on the Navi 14 chip (RDNA architecture) manufactured in the modern 7nm process. It features all 24 CUs of the chip (=1,536 shaders) and therefore 2 more CUs than the similar named mobile Radeon RX 5500M and desktop RX 5500. However, the clock speed of the GPU and memory is reduced by quite a bit in the Pro models. It was announced in the high end models of the 2019 Apple MacBook Pro 16 with 4 or 8 GB of GDDR6 graphics memory.
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 Pro 5500M is said to be up to 2.1x compared to the old Radeon RX 560X (predecessor). Although the GPU has two more CUs than the Radeon RX 5500M, the slower core clock speed leads to a 13% slower peak performance according to AMD (4 versus 4.6 TFLOPS). Therefore, the gaming performance should be slightly below the Radeon RX 5500M which was about 1.9x faster than the Pro 560X (Alpha 15 vs MBP15 2019) in games under Windows. Compared to Nvidia GPUs, the performance should be between the GeForce GTX 1650 and GeForce GTX 1060.
The similar RX 5500M 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). However, according to AMD the Pro 5500M is rated at a TGP of 50 Watt and may therefore use selected chips.
Radeon Pro 5000M Series
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Codename | Navi 14 | ||||||
Architecture | Navi / RDNA | ||||||
Pipelines | 1536 - unified | ||||||
Core Speed | 1300 (Boost) MHz | ||||||
Memory Speed | 12000 MHz | ||||||
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | ||||||
Memory Type | GDDR6 | ||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 8 GB | ||||||
Shared Memory | no | ||||||
API | DirectX 12, Shader 6.4, OpenGL 4.6 | ||||||
Power Consumption | 50 Watt | ||||||
Transistor Count | 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 | 13.11.2019 |
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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Apple MacBook Pro 16 2019 i9 5500M: Intel Core i9-9880H, 16.00", 2 kg
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F1 2019 - 1920x1080 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (91 - 99, n=4) | |
Average AMD Radeon RX 5300M (n=1) | |
Average AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (n=1) | |
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile (59 - 65, n=5) | |
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2018 (2.6 GHz, 560X) |
Dirt Rally 2.0 - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T AF:16x | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (62.3 - 65.6, n=2) | |
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK | |
Average AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (n=1) | |
Average AMD Radeon RX 5300M (n=1) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile (41.8 - 44.1, n=3) | |
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2018 (2.6 GHz, 560X) |
Anno 1800 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics Quality (DX11) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (31.1 - 54, n=4) | |
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK | |
Average AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (n=1) | |
Average AMD Radeon RX 5300M (n=1) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile (17.4 - 22.7, n=5) | |
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2018 (2.6 GHz, 560X) |
Metro Exodus - 1920x1080 Ultra Quality AF:16x | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (38.2 - 43.1, n=4) | |
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK | |
Average AMD Radeon RX 5300M (n=1) | |
Average AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (n=1) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile (24.9 - 26.6, n=4) | |
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2018 (2.6 GHz, 560X) |
The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (51.6 - 65.1, n=21) | |
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK | |
Average AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (n=1) | |
Average AMD Radeon RX 5300M (n=1) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile (29.9 - 40.3, n=31) | |
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2018 (2.6 GHz, 560X) |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 1920x1080 Highest Preset AA:T | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (62 - 73, n=8) | |
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK | |
Average AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (n=1) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile (34 - 47, n=15) | |
Average AMD Radeon RX 5300M (34 - 36, n=2) | |
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2018 (2.6 GHz, 560X) |
Total War: Three Kingdoms - 1920x1080 Ultra (incl textures) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (n=1) | |
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK | |
Average AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (n=1) | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile (24.4 - 26.9, n=4) | |
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2018 (2.6 GHz, 560X) |
Navi 14 GPUs | CUs | Shader | Boost Core Clock | Memory | Memory Bus | Memory Speed Gbps | TGP |
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 Desktop | 22 | 1408 | 1845 | GDDR6 | 128 | 14 | 150 W (Board) |
AMD Radeon RX 5500M Mobile | 22 | 1408 | 1645 | GDDR6 | 128 | 14 | 85 |
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M Apple | 24 | 1536 | 1300 | GDDR6 | 128 | 12 | 50 |
AMD Radeon RX 5300 (XT?) Desktop | 20 | 1280 | 1500 | GDDR5? | 96? | 12 | |
AMD Radeon RX 5300M Mobile | 22 | 1408 | 1250 | GDDR6 | 96 | 14 | 65 |
AMD Radeon Pro 5300M Apple | 22 | 1408 | 1250 | GDDR6 | 128 | 12 | 50 |
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