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).
Manufacturer | AMD |
Radeon RX 5000M Series | |
Codename | Navi 14 / R19M-E85 |
Architecture | Navi / RDNA |
Pipelines | 1408 - unified |
Core Speed | 1327 - 1645 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 14000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR6 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 4096 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 12, Shader 6.4 |
Transistor Count | 6400 Million |
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 |
Link to Manufacturer Page | https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics... |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
22.5 pt (23%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 330%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 4024 avg: 4395 median: 4408.5 (25%) max: 4738 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 16%
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 4167 avg: 4293 median: 4314.5 (22%) max: 4376 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 8%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 207184 avg: 210925 median: 210925 (33%) max: 214666 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
58800 Points (8%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 618%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 21898 avg: 28006 median: 22627 (30%) max: 39492 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 156%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 46119 avg: 52163 median: 49056 (24%) max: 64420 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 10080 avg: 10834 median: 10890 (28%) max: 11476 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 2%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 257%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 11754 avg: 12265 median: 12276 (25%) max: 12753 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -5%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 306%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
63569 Points (8%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 614%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 12449 avg: 13977 median: 13081.5 (34%) max: 16271 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 172%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 16302 avg: 16749 median: 16613 (28%) max: 17668 Points
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +min: 24966 avg: 25763 median: 25762.5 (48%) max: 26559 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 83%
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
8386 points (40%)
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 85 avg: 100 median: 95.9 (27%) max: 123 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 168%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 1275 avg: 1436 median: 1436 (15%) max: 1597 Samples/s
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 3002 avg: 3411 median: 3411 (12%) max: 3820 Samples/s
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 722%
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
9581 points (21%)
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
136 Watt (25%)
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
145 Watt (24%)
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 123 avg: 133 median: 128 (28%) max: 148 Watt
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
min: 1650 avg: 1684 median: 1654 (86%) max: 1747 MHz
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
1519 MHz (77%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 30%
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* 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.
36.4 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
12.2 fps, P0.1:
24.4 fps, P1:
28.1 fps, max:
59.2 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 21%
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29.2 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
13.1 fps, P0.1:
19.6 fps, P1:
21.9 fps, max:
60.8 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 23%
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24.5 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
6.73 fps, P0.1:
10.5 fps, P1:
16.8 fps, max:
44.8 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 22%
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15.4 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
7.26 fps, P0.1:
7.4 fps, P1:
10.2 fps, max:
21.8 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 17%
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6.1 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
4.22 fps, P0.1:
4.53 fps, P1:
5.07 fps, max:
7.18 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 15%
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Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset 1920x1080
44.2 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
11.3 fps, P0.1:
25.1 fps, P1:
31.6 fps, max:
67.3 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 49%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 40%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 50%
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58.3 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
12.1 fps, P0.1:
22.6 fps, P1:
39.8 fps, max:
87.1 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 6%
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57.6 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
23 fps, P0.1:
23 fps, P1:
41.4 fps, max:
86.8 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 3%
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50.3 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
21.6 fps, P0.1:
25.2 fps, P1:
32.5 fps, max:
81.1 fps
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32.5 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
17.8 fps, P0.1:
18 fps, P1:
19.5 fps, max:
85.6 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 6%
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16.1 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
7.73 fps, P0.1:
8.14 fps, P1:
8.8 fps, max:
82.3 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 4%
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104 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
41.9 fps, P0.1:
61.9 fps, P1:
68.4 fps, max:
322 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 21%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 178%
53.3 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
27.2 fps, P0.1:
37 fps, P1:
40.7 fps, max:
122 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 44%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 420%
36.3 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
23.3 fps, P0.1:
25.8 fps, P1:
28.6 fps, max:
81.8 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 54%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 393%
28.6 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
19.1 fps, P0.1:
19.4 fps, P1:
21.6 fps, max:
52.6 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 29%
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21.1 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
15.6 fps, P0.1:
15.7 fps, P1:
16.9 fps, max:
36.1 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 23%
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2.3 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
1.36 fps, P0.1:
1.362 fps, P1:
1.375 fps, max:
2.7 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -15%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 4%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 138%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -5%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 182%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 419%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 7%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 743%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 30%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 880%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 34%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 188%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 14%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 243%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 9%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 260%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 982%
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66.4 fps [X] MSI Alpha 15AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3GHz
Radeon RX 5500M
min:
35.92 fps, P1:
40.78 fps, max:
105.48 fps