FirePro V7900 vs Radeon RX 5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V7900 and Radeon RX 5500M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V7900 stacks up against Radeon RX 5500M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 5500M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 5500M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX 5500M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon RX 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro V7900 has 77% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500M.
  • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 5500M has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 5500M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 602 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 9000 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 21−24
ultra / 1080p 6−7 12−14
QHD / 1440p 1−2 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 24−27 40−45
medium / 1080p 14−16 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon RX 5500M
Architecture TeraScale 3 Navi / RDNA
Code name Cayman Navi 14 / R19M-E85
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 May 2011 29 September 2019
Pipelines 1280 1408
Core clock speed 725 MHz 1327 MHz
Boost Clock 1645 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 144.8
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.5
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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