Radeon RX 5500 vs Radeon RX 580

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon RX 5500 and Radeon RX 580, 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 RX 5500 stacks up against Radeon RX 580, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon RX 5500 Radeon RX 580
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 580 has 68% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500.
  • Radeon RX 5500 is connected by PCIe 4.0 x16, and Radeon RX 580 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon RX 580 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 5500.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon RX 5500 is build with RDNA 1.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 580 - with Polaris.
  • Radeon RX 5500 is manufactured by 7 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 580 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Radeon RX 580 is 61 mm longer, than Radeon RX 5500.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500 is 6000 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 580.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 40−45 45−50
ultra / 1080p 27−30 30−33
QHD / 1440p 21−24 24−27
4K / 2160p 12−14 12−14
low / 720p 70−75 70−75
medium / 1080p 50−55 50−55
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 580 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 5% more, than Radeon RX 5500.

Full Specs

  Radeon RX 5500 Radeon RX 580
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Polaris
Code name Navi 14 Polaris 20
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 7 October 2019 18 April 2017
Pipelines 1408 2304
Core clock speed 1257 MHz
Boost Clock 1845 MHz 1340 MHz
Transistor count 6,400 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 162.4 193.0
Floating-point performance 6,175 gflops
Length 180 mm 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
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