Radeon RX 5500 OEM
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Radeon RX 5500 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 550. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
398
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Value for money (0-100)
32.72
RDNA 1.0
Architecture
GCN 4.0
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Code name
Lexa
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Type
Desktop
7 October 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$135
Price now
$851 (10.8x MSRP)
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Value for money
2.89
Navi 14
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Radeon RX 5500 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 550 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
512
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Core clock speed
1100 MHz
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Boost Clock
1183 MHz
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Transistor count
2,200 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
162.4
Texture fill rate
37.86
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Floating-point performance
1,211 gflops
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1845 MHz
Boost clock speed
1183 MHz
6,400 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
110 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Radeon RX 5500 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 550.

PCIe 4.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
180 mm
Length
145 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

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 Radeon RX 5500 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 550 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
224.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Radeon RX 5500 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 550, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference in supported APIs is Radeon RX 5500 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 550. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
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6.5
Shader Model
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2.0
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Radeon RX 5500 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 550 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 Radeon RX 5500 OEM or AMD Radeon RX 550 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Radeon RX 5500 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 550
Death Stranding (2020) Radeon RX 5500 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 550
F1 2020 (2020) Radeon RX 5500 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 550
Gears Tactics (2020) Radeon RX 5500 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 550
Doom Eternal (2020) Radeon RX 5500 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 550
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 Radeon RX 5500 OEM

Cheaper ($135 vs $851 (10.8x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 14 nm)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

12.26% faster in synthetic tests

So, Radeon RX 5500 OEM or AMD Radeon RX 550?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 550 .

Radeon RX 5500 OEM versus AMD Radeon RX 550 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Radeon RX 5500 OEM
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 550