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Unlike the Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT cards, the new AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT does not have a reference design – it is available only as custom-designed cards from AMD’s partners.
Here is a quick primer on the first slew of Radeon RX 5500 XT cards from ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI, PowerColor, Sapphire and XFX!
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT : The First Cards
If you want to skip ahead to the first twenty two RX 5500 XT cards, click on these links.
- ASRock RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC
- ASRock RX 5500 XT Phantom Gaming D 8G OC
- ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5500 XT
- GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 4G
- GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G (US | AU | SG | MY)
- GIGABYTE RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 4G
- GIGABYTE RX 5500 XT Gaming OC 8G (US | SG | MY)
- MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G
- MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
- MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC
- MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC (US)
- MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G
- MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 8G
- MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 4G
- MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G (US | UK)
- PowerColor Radeon RX 5500 XT
- PowerColor Red Dragon RX 5500 XT
- Sapphire PULSE RX 5500 XT 4G (MY)
- Sapphire PULSE RX 5500 XT 8G (US | SG | MY)
- Sapphire NITRO+ RX 5500 XT 8G SE (MY)
- XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB THICC II Pro (US)
- XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB THICC II Pro (US)
For a quick primer on the Radeon RX 5500 XT, scroll down. Don’t forget to check out our PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 5500 XT review!
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT : A Quick Primer
The AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT is basically the desktop version of the Radeon RX 5500M, using the same GPU with 6.4 billion transistors fabricated on the 7 nm process technology.
This Navi GPU has 22 Compute Units with 1408 stream processors and a 128-bit memory interface. The only difference is the Radeon RX 5500 XT has higher clock speeds and TDP, with up to 8 GB of GDDR6 memory.
The AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT designed to deliver 1080p gaming at 60+ fps for AAA titles, and 90+ fps for esport games.
To reduce costs, AMD opted to use a PCI Express 4.0 x8 interface, instead of the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. But if paired with a PCIe 4.0 chipset, it will deliver the same bandwidth as PCIe 3.0 x16.
Recommended : AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Tech Report + Video Briefing!
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Specifications
In this table, we compare its reference specifications against its more powerful brethren – the RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT.
Again, please note that the RX 5500 XT is only available from AMD partners as custom cards, and could have different specifications.
Specifications | Radeon RX 5700 XT |
Radeon RX 5700 |
Radeon RX 5500 XT |
Transistors | 10.3 billion | 10.3 billion | 6.4 billion |
Fab Process | 7 nm | 7 nm | 7 nm |
Die Size | 251 mm² | 251 mm² | 158 mm² |
Total Graphics Power | 225 W | 185 W | 130 W |
Stream Processors | 2560 | 2340 | 1408 |
Base Clock | 1605 MHz | 1465 MHz | 1607 MHz |
Game Clock | 1755 MHz | 1625 MHz | 1717 MHz |
Boost Clock | 1905 MHz | 1725 MHz | 1845 MHz |
TMUs | 160 | 144 | 88 |
Max. Texture Rate | 304.8 GT/s | 248.4 GT/s | 162.4 GT/s |
ROPs | 64 | 64 | 32 |
Max. Pixel Rate | 121.9 GP/s | 110.4 GP/s | 59.0 GP/s |
Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB | 4 GB / 8 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit | 128-bit |
Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
ASRock RX 5500 XT Challenger D 4G OC
This is an overclocked 4 GB variant with a dual fan cooler, a 78 MHz higher base clock and a 20 MHz higher game clock :
- Base Clock : 1685 MHz
- Game Clock : 1737 MHz
- Boost Clock : 1845 MHz
- GDDR6 Memory Clock : 1750 MHz (14 Gbps)
- Display Ports : 3 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0b
- Polychrome SYNC
- Dual Fan Design + Stylish Metal Backplate
- 0dB Silent Cooling
- ASRock Tweak
ASRock RX 5500 XT Phantom Gaming D 8G OC
This is the 8 GB version of the Challenger card above, and comes with the same dual fan cooler, a 78 MHz higher base clock and a 20 MHz higher game clock :
- Base Clock : 1685 MHz
- Game Clock : 1737 MHz
- Boost Clock : 1845 MHz
- GDDR6 Memory Clock : 1750 MHz (14 Gbps)
- Display Ports : 3 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0b
- Polychrome SYNC
- Dual Fan Design + Stylish Metal Backplate
- 0dB Silent Cooling
- ASRock Tweak
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