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AMD have announced the Radeon RX 5500 available later this year

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AMD have now formally lifted the lid on their next GPU with the announcement of the Radeon RX 5500 coming later this year. This new GPU is using their RDNA architecture, based on their 7nm process technology. From what AMD say, they expect it to give you around "1.6X" higher performance-per-watt when compared with the previous Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture.

The Radeon RX 5500 will have both a mobile and desktop model, each of them sharing 22 Compute Units, 1,408 Stream Processors and a 128-bit Memory Interface. I've listed where they're actually different in the specifications AMD shared below:

Radeon™ RX 5500M GPU (mobile)

  • TFLOPS: Up to 4.6
  • GDDR6: 4GB
  • Game Clock11 (MHz): Up to 1,448
  • Boost Clock12 (MHz): Up to 1,645

Radeon™ RX 5500 series (desktop)

  • TFLOPS: Up to 5.2
  • GDDR6: Up to 8GB
  • Game Clock11 (MHz): Up to 1,717
  • Boost Clock12 (MHz): Up to 1,845

For some clarifications:

  • Game clock is the expected GPU clock when running typical gaming applications, set to typical TGP (Total Graphics Power). Actual individual game clock results may vary.
  • Boost Clock Frequency is the maximum frequency achievable on the GPU running a bursty workload. Boost clock achievability, frequency, and sustainability will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to: thermal conditions and variation in applications and workloads.

As for the availability, you've got to wait but not actually very long. AMD said the MSI Alpha 15 laptop with the Radeon RX 5500M GPU will be out later this month and some pre-built systems from HP, Lenovo and more will be out in November.

For standalone GPUs from AMD board partners, they're only giving an ambiguous "Q4 2019" and they're not currently mentioning prices either so it remains to be seen just how competitive they will be against NVIDIA.

You can see the full details in their press release here.

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Shmerl Oct 8, 2019
This is actually an aggregate result, so gives a better general idea. Per game basis can be more skewed on the other hand, so less informative.


Last edited by Shmerl on 8 October 2019 at 5:48 am UTC
TheRiddick Oct 8, 2019
I don't think the 5700XT does anywhere near as good with proton,. But the handful of native stuff phoronix tests, sure.
Shmerl Oct 8, 2019
Not sure if anyone posted comparisons, at least I haven't seen them. So unless you have both cards, how do you know how exactly they match in case of Proton?

From what I've read, dxvk at least performs very well with 5700 XT. Also, I don't think radv has all optimizations for Navi yet, so it will improve further (for example ngg and etc.). That's even besides aco, bulk moves and other upcoming optimizations. I.e. what you have for 5700 XT now is not even using full hardware potential yet.


Last edited by Shmerl on 8 October 2019 at 5:57 am UTC
Erzfeind Oct 8, 2019
Quoting: velemas
Quoting: Erzfeind
Quoting: DesumLovely. Though, considering Vega cards are STILL crashing right and left under Linux, I dunno how much excitement I can muster up.

I don´t have a single problem with my Vega 56 (running Tumbleweed).

I have Vega 56 in Acer Predator and have this bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110777

Don't you have it?

I wouldn't notice as I don't have performance issues.
holisticboy Oct 8, 2019
Yeah not sure why people are complaining about crashing vegas, even the problematic integrated vegas on Ryzen CPU's are rock solid now :S
dpanter Oct 8, 2019
Quoting: holisticboynot sure why people are complaining about crashing vegas
Because we're drowning in bug reports? Plenty of issues (not even restricted to Vega) still plague us, some have been around since before Polaris.
crt0mega Oct 8, 2019
A low profile RX 5500 would be great <3
Desum Oct 9, 2019
Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: DesumLovely. Though, considering Vega cards are STILL crashing right and left under Linux, I dunno how much excitement I can muster up.

Never had any crashes with Vega in many months already. Rock solid overall. Navi on the other hand is still quite raw.

It might just be an issue with Fedora, but I kinda doubt it.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109955
Whitewolfe80 Oct 11, 2019
Well according to the specs and marketing looks like this is aimed at the gtx 1650 so entry/mid range 1080p card expect the price to reflect that at little bit more poke again according to the marketing than the rx 480
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