AMD Radeon RX 5500 - First Benchmarks

Heise Online has tested the OEM version of the Radeon RX 5500.

Despite the Far Cry 5 (72 frames per second). Tests of the first game were conducted using a built-in benchmark running in 1920 x 1080 resolution and Ultra settings with SMAA and 16x anisotropic filtering enabled. In the case of Far Cry 5, the details were not disclosed.

We would like to remind that the Radeon RX 5500 is to be a competition for the GeForce GTX 1650, which unfortunately did not appear in the comparison, and is much more efficient than the latter. The card, however, clearly stands out from the more expensive GeForce GTX 1660, which should not be surprising, and approaches the model based on the Polaris architecture. On the plus side, the power consumption is much lower compared to the older generation (133 W under load compared to 207 W). The exact differences between all tested devices are shown in the table above.

The OEM version of the card is similar to the reference AMD models.

The discussed AMD graphics card is to be based on a 7-nanometer Navi 14 core (new RDNA architecture) with 1408 shading units, 88 texture units and 32 rasterization units (ROPs). The Radeon RX 5500 will have 4 or 8GB of GDDR6 memory with 128-bit bus and 1750 MHz clock.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 is a card for less demanding gamers, but offers decent performance.

Although the launch date of AMD Radeon RX 5500 is not exactly known, the cards are expected to be available in stores later this quarter. AMD's partners, including Asus, MSI and Gigabyte, are already preparing their own versions of the chipsey. The official price of Radeon RX 5500 has not been disclosed, but it is said to be below 200 euros. It is supposed to be a competition for GeForce GTX 1650, costing between 170 and 190 euros, depending on the model. The results of the benchmark seem to be in line with the average performance shelf, so there is no surprise here, but we have to refrain from giving a final verdict until we know the exact price of the product. However, AMD won't be having it easy, bacause Nvidia is sitting idly and are very popular.

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