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AMD logo Radeon RX 5500 XT
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT logo AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo
General information Radeon RX 5500 XT Radeon HD 7870
Launched Q4 2019 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 2048 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1607 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 37.8 %
Effective Clock 14400 MHz 0 % 5000 MHz 65.3 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 25.7 % 175 W 0 %
Length 281 mm 5.1 % 296 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon RX 5500 XT Radeon HD 7870
Overall Score 48647 0 % 34616 28.8 %
Future Proof 70 % 0 % 20 % 71.4 %
Benchmark Score 23665 0 % 11982 49.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 782.4 0 % 583.7 25.4 %
Average DirectX performance 68.5 FPS 0 % 37.8 FPS 44.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 131.3 FPS 0 % 81.5 FPS 37.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 44.9 FPS 0 % 18 FPS 59.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 57.5 FPS 0 % 29.1 FPS 49.4 %
DirectX 12 performance 40.4 FPS 0 % 22.8 FPS 43.5 %
Graphic card computing 4705.7 operations/s 0 % 2353.4 operations/s 50 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 5500 XT, Radeon HD 7870.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 5500 XT Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.9 FPS 72.4 FPS
High settings 197.8 FPS 130.3 FPS
Medium settings 237.4 FPS 156.4 FPS
Low settings 332.4 FPS 219.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon RX 5500 XT, Radeon HD 7870.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 5500 XT Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.1 FPS 57.1 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 102.8 FPS
Medium settings 175.3 FPS 123.4 FPS
Low settings 245.4 FPS 172.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.6 %
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