AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M is a workstation graphics card released on November 13, 2019, built on the RDNA architecture. It has 1,536 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, 192.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.30 GHz and a 85 W board power rating. It scores 6,714 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.6.
Depth: 42 recorded fields, 7 features, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09) and Wikipedia: Video Core Next. Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M scores 6,714 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 84.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #417), measured across 299 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 642.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M averages DirectX 9 96 fps, DirectX 10 37 fps, DirectX 11 41 fps, DirectX 12 29 fps and GPU Compute 3,162 ops/s, across 299 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
Theoretical throughput
Pixel fill rate (41.6 GPixel/s) and Texture fill rate (124.8 GTexel/s) are calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M states the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 1000 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2019-11-23. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M is based on the RDNA architecture, uses the Navi 14 graphics processor, contains 6,400 million transistors and has a die size of 158 mm².
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M has 1,536 shading units, 24 compute units, 96 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M runs at a base clock of 1.00 GHz and boosts to 1.30 GHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 192.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M has a board power rating of 85 W and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x8.
Market
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M was released on November 13, 2019.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M supports DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.6.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M.
Media engine
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported | Supported |
| AV1 | Not supported | Not supported |
| VP9 | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M have?
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 192.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M has a board power rating of 85 W.
How fast is the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M?
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M scores 6,714 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 84.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #417. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 29 fps.
Does the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M support AV1 encoding?
No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M.
What bus interface does the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M use?
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M connects over PCIe 4.0 x8.
When was the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M released?
The AMD Radeon Pro 5500M was released on November 13, 2019.
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