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AMD Radeon RX 5500

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 is a graphics card released on October 7, 2019, built on the RDNA architecture. It has 1,408 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, 224.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.85 GHz and a 150 W board power rating. It scores 8,852 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.

RDNANavi 14

10/10 key specs recorded · 62 facts

Depth: 46 recorded fields, 6 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

1,408cores

22 compute units

Memory

4 GB

GDDR6 · 128-bit

Boost clock

1.85 GHz

1.67 GHz base

Board power

150 W

550 W PSU advised

Performance

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 scores 8,852 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 87.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #343), measured across 429 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 763.

PassMark G3D Mark

8,852

Rank #343
Faster than 87.4% of 2,658 GPUs
429 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 144 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 83% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 47 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 75.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 52 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 71.7% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 37 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 72.2% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 3,991 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 78.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon RX 5500 averages DirectX 9 144 fps, DirectX 10 47 fps, DirectX 11 52 fps, DirectX 12 37 fps and GPU Compute 3,991 ops/s, across 429 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 5.2 TFLOPS stated by AMD

FP16 (half precision) 10.4 TFLOPS stated by AMD

Pixel fill rate 59 GPixel/s stated by AMD

Texture fill rate 162.36 GTexel/s stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 5.2 TFLOPS, FP16 (half precision) 10.4 TFLOPS, Pixel fill rate 59 GPixel/s and Texture fill rate 162.36 GTexel/s for the AMD Radeon RX 5500.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x8

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 1670 MHz

Memory clock 1750 MHz

Max TDP 150 W

First benchmarked 2019-11-22

Samples 429

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon RX 5500 states the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, up to 4 GB of memory and a core clock of 1670 MHz, first benchmarked on 2019-11-22. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the AMD Radeon RX 5500 specifically. It is a different product from AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, AMD Radeon RX 5500M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture RDNA

Codename Navi 14

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 6,400 M

Die size 158 mm²

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 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

Shading units 1,408

Compute units 22

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 88

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 has 1,408 shading units, 22 compute units, 88 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon RX 5500.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.67 GHz

Boost clock 1.85 GHz

Game clock 1.67 GHz

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 runs at a base clock of 1.67 GHz, boosts to 1.85 GHz and has a game clock of 1.67 GHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR6

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 224.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 224.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 has a board power rating of 150 W, a total board power of 150 W, a power supply of at least 550 W is recommended, power is supplied through 1x8-Pin and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x8.

Board power (TDP) 150 W

Total board power 150 W

Suggested PSU 550 W

Power connectors 1x8-Pin

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x8

Market

Launched October 7, 2019

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon RX 5000 Series

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 was released on October 7, 2019.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 8,852

PassMark G2D 763

Rank #343

Samples 429

Media engine

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265).

Hardware video codec support of the AMD Radeon RX 5500
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)4K H.264: encode supported, decode supported	Supported	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Not listed: AV1 and VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 5500 supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Display outputs

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 offers outputs HDMI 4K60 Support.

Outputs HDMI 4K60 Support

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Radeon RX 5500.

Other names (PassMark) Radeon RX 5500

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX 5500 have?

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 224.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon RX 5500 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 has a board power rating of 150 W. Feex records a suggested power supply of at least 550 W. Power connectors: 1x8-Pin.

How fast is the AMD Radeon RX 5500?

The AMD Radeon RX 5500 scores 8,852 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 87.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #343. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 37 fps.