
MSI Bravo 15 B5DD laptop review: Terrible Radeon RX 5500M performance-per-dollar
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | AMD Radeon RX 5500M | 15.60" | 2.3 kg
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).
Radeon RX 5000M Series
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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 | 4 GB | ||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | ||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12, Shader 6.4, OpenGL 4.6 | ||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 85 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 | 29.09.2019 | ||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.amd.com |
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.
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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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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