AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8870M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon HD 8870M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

144
Place in performance rating
517
49.79
Value for money (0-100)
no data
RDNA 1.0
Architecture
GCN
Navi 14
Code name
Venus
Desktop
Type
Laptop
12 December 2019 (1 year ago)
Release date
18 December 2012 (8 years ago)
$169
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$825 (4.9x MSRP)
Price now
$338
19.07
Value for money
0.61
Navi 14 XTX
GPU code name
Venus
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon HD 8870M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1408
Pipelines
640
1607 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
1845 MHz
Boost Clock
775 MHz
6,400 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
130 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
162.4
Texture fill rate
31.00
no data
Floating-point performance
992.0 gflops
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1845 MHz
Boost clock speed
775 MHz
6,400 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
130 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon HD 8870M.

PCIe 4.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
180 mm
Length
no data
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
no data
Laptop size
large

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 Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon HD 8870M can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5, DDR3
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1750 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
224.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon HD 8870M, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon HD 8870M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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 Radeon RX 5500 XT or AMD Radeon HD 8870M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
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 Radeon RX 5500 XT

34.98% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1408 vs 640)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 72 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Cheaper ($338 vs $825 (4.9x MSRP))

So, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT or AMD Radeon HD 8870M?

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

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT versus AMD Radeon HD 8870M performance benchmarks comparison

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