Radeon Pro 5500M vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon RX 480 mobile, 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 Radeon Pro 5500M stacks up against Radeon RX 480 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon RX 480 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon RX 480 mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 Pro 5500M or Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro 5500M Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 17% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 5500M.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is connected by PCIe 4.0 x8, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon RX 480 mobile have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is build with Navi / RDNA architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is manufactured by 7 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 4000 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
ultra / 1080p 21−24 7−8
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 156% more, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro 5500M Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture Navi / RDNA Polaris
Code name Navi 14 Polaris
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 13 November 2019 1 August 2016
Pipelines 1536 2304
Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1077 MHz
Transistor count 6,400 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 139.2 155.1
Floating-point performance 4,963 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.5 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Laptop size medium sized large
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