Radeon Pro 5500M vs Radeon RX 540

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon RX 540, 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 540, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon RX 540 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon RX 540 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 540 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro 5500M Radeon RX 540
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 30% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is connected by PCIe 4.0 x8, and Radeon RX 540 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon RX 540 - in Laptops.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is build with Navi / RDNA architecture, and Radeon RX 540 - with Polaris.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is manufactured by 7 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 540 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 6000 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 540.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−33
medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon RX 540.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro 5500M Radeon RX 540
Architecture Navi / RDNA Polaris
Code name Navi 14 Polaris 12
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 13 November 2019 21 March 2017
Pipelines 1536 512
Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1219 MHz
Transistor count 6,400 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 139.2 39.01
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12.0
Shader Model 6.5 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Laptop size medium sized large
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