AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
The AMd Radeon RX 5500 XT is a lower mid-range desktop graphics card. It is manufactured in 7nm and based on the RDNA architecture. The RX 5500 XT offers 1,408 cores and 4 or 8 GB GDDR6 video RAM that is connected via a 128 Bit memory bus (max. 224 GB/s).
The Navi 14 chip uses the RDNA architecture with support for PCIe 4.0, RIS (Radeon Image Sharpening) and a new Media Engine for 4K H.265 content.
The gaming performance of the RX 5500XT is comparable to a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 desktop card and stays behind the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT. This means, most demanding games of 2020 can be played in 1080p and high settings.
The RX5500XT is rated at 130 Watt (TGP) and therefore similar to a GTX 1660 (120 Watt).
Codename Navi 14 XTX Pipelines 1408 - unified Core Speed 1607 - 1845 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 1750 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 130 Watt Transistor Count 6.4 Billion technology 7 nm Date of Announcement 12.12.2019
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
34.2 pt (37%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 1%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6%
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
5370 Points (28%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 1%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 258%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
4891 Points (23%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 1%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 343%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
407594 Points (54%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -1%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
273779 Points (38%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -2%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -1%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
51133 Points (62%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 5%
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
86609 Points (35%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 3%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 3%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 184%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
13064 Points (33%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 6%
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
14328 Points (27%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 7%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 271%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
323783 Points (43%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -4%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 2%
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3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
41295 Points (50%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
57618 Points (32%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
18897 Points (38%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 8%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 162%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
19723 Points (28%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 9%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 252%
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
61298 Points (51%)
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
57413 Points (44%)
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
48230 Points (67%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 2%
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
42835 Points (65%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 3%
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
60.9 fps (27%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -11%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 19%
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SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
88 fps (38%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti -3%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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specvp12 snx-02 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
39.3 fps (11%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 7%
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specvp12 showcase-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
73.3 fps (28%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 262%
specvp12 mediacal-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
30.8 fps (19%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 2%
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specvp12 maya-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
79.2 fps (28%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 1%
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specvp12 energy-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
7.1 fps (18%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 1%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 11%
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specvp12 creo-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
54.7 fps (29%)
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specvp12 catia-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
102 fps (35%)
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specvp12 3dsmax-05 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
115 fps (31%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 23%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 223%
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
102 fps (47%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 16%
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specvp13 snx-03 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
67.3 fps (11%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 14%
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specvp13 showcase-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
73 fps (28%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 9%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 263%
specvp13 medical-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
51 fps (28%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -14%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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specvp13 maya-05 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
144 fps (25%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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specvp13 energy-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
14.3 fps (11%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -3%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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specvp13 creo-02 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
93.4 fps (24%)
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specvp13 catia-05 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
154 fps (33%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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specvp13 3dsmax-06 + SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
117 fps (31%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 21%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 219%
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
34.4 fps (10%)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -17%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 74%
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specvp2020 snx-04 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
60.1 fps (12%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti -61%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 6%
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specvp2020 medical-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
8.3 fps (16%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -21%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 21%
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specvp2020 maya-06 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
77.9 fps (18%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -8%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 54%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 353%
specvp2020 energy-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
16.9 fps (12%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -36%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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specvp2020 creo-03 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 4k
33.8 fps (21%)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 19%
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specvp2020 catia-06 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
19.1 fps (16%)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -28%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 14%
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specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k + SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
27.4 fps (16%)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -22%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 + GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16
73 fps (2%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
63.6 fps (1%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1543 Samples/s (7%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 1334%
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
3891 Samples/s (7%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -10%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 1366%
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
10768 points (21%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 385%
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
259.1 Watt (40%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -4%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 151%
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
250.2 Watt (35%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -1%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 186%
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
1828 MHz (72%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks 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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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 206%
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -1%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 244%
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -17%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 303%
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -7%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 349%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -13%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 450%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -61%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 601%
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset 1280x720
78.3 [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
60.3 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
min:
44.8 fps, P0.1:
47.5 fps, P1:
51.3 fps, max:
73.3 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 7%
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55.3 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
min:
41.3 fps, P0.1:
43.7 fps, P1:
47 fps, max:
66.9 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 8%
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48.4 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
min:
42 fps, P0.1:
42.1 fps, P1:
42.7 fps, max:
57.7 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -16%
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42.9 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
min:
30.9 fps, P0.1:
31.9 fps, P1:
35.8 fps, max:
52.1 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -21%
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30.1 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
min:
22.6 fps, P0.1:
23.4 fps, P1:
26 fps, max:
35.4 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -28%
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16.7 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
min:
14.1 fps, P0.1:
14.2 fps, P1:
15.3 fps, max:
19.1 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -65%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low / Off 1280x720
66.3 [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
min:
33.7 fps, P0.1:
35 fps, P1:
44.8 fps, max:
92.7 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 164%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 226%
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset 1280x720
211 [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
85.9 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
min:
66.4 fps, P0.1:
69.7 fps, P1:
72.8 fps, max:
128 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -25%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)