Radeon RX 5500 XT and Radeon RX 5900 - video card comparison
Radeon RX 5500 XT
Radeon RX 5900
Architecture
RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 14 XTX
Navi 21
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2019
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Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1845 MHz
1635 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
6,400 million
21,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
4096
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
162.4
418.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
672.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_1)
OpenCL
2.0
-
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
-
Vulkan
1.2.131
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