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| Game | Radeon RX 5500 4GB | GeForce RTX 2080 Ti |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5% | 52% |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5% | 52% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 31% | 35% |
| Halo: Reach | 70% | 85% |
| Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order | 31% | 35% |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator | 31% | 35% |
| Borderlands 3 | 0% | 50% |
| Detroit: Become Human | 44% | 28% |
| FIFA 20 | 49% | 75% |
| eFootball PES 2020 | 35% | 68% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti are significantly better than the AMD Radeon RX 5500 4GB.
The RX 5500 has a 320 MHz higher core clock speed than the RTX 2080 Ti, but the RTX 2080 Ti has 144 more Texture Mapping Units than the RX 5500. As a result, the RTX 2080 Ti exhibits a 153.4 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the RX 5500. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RX 5500 has a 320 MHz higher core clock speed than the RTX 2080 Ti, but the RTX 2080 Ti has 56 more Render Output Units than the RX 5500. As a result, the RTX 2080 Ti exhibits a 65.4 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the RX 5500. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RX 5500 was released over a year more recently than the RTX 2080 Ti, and so the RX 5500 is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the RTX 2080 Ti.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The RTX 2080 Ti has 7168 MB more video memory than the RX 5500, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the RTX 2080 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.
The RTX 2080 Ti has 392 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX 5500, which means that the memory performance of the RTX 2080 Ti is massively better than the RX 5500.
The Radeon RX 5500 4GB has 1408 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has 4352. However, the actual shader performance of the RX 5500 is 1689 and the actual shader performance of the RTX 2080 Ti is 7116. The RTX 2080 Ti having 5427 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RTX 2080 Ti delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the RX 5500.
The RX 5500 transistor size technology is 5 nm (nanometers) smaller than the RTX 2080 Ti. This means that the RX 5500 is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the RTX 2080 Ti.
The Radeon RX 5500 4GB requires 110 Watts to run and the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti requires 260 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 500 Watts for the RX 5500 and a PSU with at least 650 Watts for the RTX 2080 Ti. The RTX 2080 Ti requires 150 Watts more than the RX 5500 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RTX 2080 Ti may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RX 5500.
| Core Speed | 1670 MHz |  | vs | 1350 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1845 MHz | | vs | 1635 MHz | |
| Architecture | Navi | Turing TU102-300A-K1-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 18 Nov 2019 |  | vs | 20 Sep 2018 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 7.9
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10
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| 3840x2160 | 6
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8.6
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| Memory | 4096 MB | vs | | 11264 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | | vs | | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | vs | | 352 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224GB/sec | vs | | 616GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
6144 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 1408 | vs | | 4352 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 81% | vs | | 100% | |
| Technology | 7nm | | vs | 12nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 128 | vs | | 272 | |
| Texture Rate | 213.8 GTexel/s | vs | | 367.2 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 32 | vs | | 88 | |
| Pixel Rate | 53.4 GPixel/s | vs | | 118.8 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | vs | | 7680x4320 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 110 Watts | | vs | 260 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 500 Watts & 30 Amps | | vs | 650 Watts | |
| DirectX | 12.0 | vs | | 12.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | - | |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | - | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz | vs | | Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | vs | | 3840x2160 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview The Radeon RX 5500 4GB is an entry-level graphics card which is part of the AMD Radeon RX 5000 series, announced on October 7th, 2019. Architecture It is powered by the 7nm Navi GPU, which has 1408 shader processing units, [xx] TMUs and [xx]] ROPs. GPU The central unit runs at 1670 MHz and goes up to 1845 MHz when the boost mode is triggered. Memory The RX 5500 4GB comes with a 4GB frame buffer of GDDR6 video memory through a 128-bit memory interface, while the memory clock operates at 1750MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 110W, it requires at least a 500W PSU with one available 8-pin connector. Performance The Radeon RX 5500 4GB been built as a Low/Mid performance graphics card for 2019. Its direct competitor is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super. It will run most triple AAA titles released during 2019 on medium to high graphics at 1080p screen resolution. With adjustments and lowering anti aliasing this RX 5500 4GB card can confidently maintain 60+ frames per seconds on high graphic settings at 1080p. Moving to 1440p screen resolution and the graphics card may need to be adjusted down to medium in order to maintain 50-60+ fps. System Suggestions The Radeon RX 5500 4GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080. We recommend a mid range R5 Ryzen processor and at least 8GB of system memory for optimal gaming performance from the RX 5500 4GB. | Overview GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the top RTX 20 Series graphics card and considered an Enthusiast graphics card based on the Turing architecture. Architecture The Turing architecture represents a process shrink down to 12nm compared to 14nm Pascal. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed TU102 which has 4352 Shader Processing Units, 272 TMUs and 88 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1350MHz and goes up to 1545MHz in Boost mode. It also has 544 Tensor Cores for AI purposes. Memory The GPU accesses an 11GB frame buffer of first-gen GDDR6 memory through a 352-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 285W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with two 8-pin power connectors. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a top-End Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | |||
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