Radeon RX 5500 and Polaris 21 - video card comparison
Radeon RX 5500
Polaris 21
Architecture
RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Navi 14
Polaris 21
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2019
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Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
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Boost clock speed
1845 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
6,400 million
3,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
110 Watt
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Texture fill rate
162.4
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Memory type
GDDR6
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
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Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+
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DirectX
12.0 (12_1)
12 (12_0)
OpenCL
-
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
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6.7
Vulkan
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1.3