AMD Cayman
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Cayman
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
144
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Value for money (0-100)
49.79
TeraScale 3
Architecture
RDNA 1.0
Cayman
Code name
Navi 14
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
12 December 2019 (1 year ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$169
$17.44
Price now
$825 (4.9x MSRP)
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Value for money
19.07
Cayman
GPU code name
Navi 14 XTX
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
1408
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Core clock speed
1607 MHz
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Boost Clock
1845 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
6,400 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
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Texture fill rate
162.4
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
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Boost clock speed
1845 MHz
2,640 million
Number of transistors
6,400 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
130 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT.

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Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
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Length
180 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR6
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Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1750 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cayman or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $825 (4.9x MSRP))

More pipelines (1536 vs 1408)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

42.55% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Cayman or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT .

AMD Cayman versus AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Cayman
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT