Radeon R9 Fury vs Radeon RX 5500M

In this comparison between Radeon R9 Fury and Radeon RX 5500M you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Radeon R9 Fury will be the best choice, for others Radeon RX 5500M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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

  Radeon R9 Fury Radeon RX 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon R9 Fury has 223% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500M.
  • Radeon R9 Fury is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon R9 Fury and Radeon RX 5500M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Radeon R9 Fury is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 5500M - in Laptops.
  • Radeon R9 Fury is build with GCN 1.2 architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Radeon R9 Fury is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 13500 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 21−24
ultra / 1080p 30−35 12−14
QHD / 1440p 27−30 7−8
4K / 2160p 14−16 5−6
low / 720p 75−80 40−45
medium / 1080p 60−65 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 131% more, than Radeon RX 5500M.

Full Specs

  Radeon R9 Fury Radeon RX 5500M
Architecture GCN 1.2 Navi / RDNA
Code name Fiji Navi 14 / R19M-E85
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 16 June 2015 29 September 2019
Pipelines 3584 1408
Core clock speed 1327 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1645 MHz
Transistor count 8,900 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 224.0 144.8
Floating-point performance 7,168 gflops
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.3 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 800 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Compute units 56
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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