Officially announced the new AMD RX 5500 and its version for laptops, the RX 5500M, two graphics that point to gaming in 1080p
So far on the market we had the RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT from Navi 10-based AMD. These graphics cards manage to compete with NVIDIA mid-range graphics and are a good quality solution. The company had plans to expand the Navi range and for now come true with the RX 5500 and RX 5500M.
These new AMD graphics cards based on the RDNA architecture are intended for the entry-level range. The RX 5500 is a very interesting solution for 1080p gaming that stands above the RX 580. We could say that it is the natural successor to the Polaris architecture graphics. The RX 5500M is a graphics designed for next-generation gaming laptops.
AMD makes RX 5500 and RX 5500M graphics official
According to the performance tests offered by AMD, these new RX 5500 and RX 5500M fall between the GTX 1650 and GTX 1660. We speak of a surface of silicon of 158mm² compared to 221mm² of the RX 480 based on Polaris.
The RX 5500 in terms of performance is somewhat superior to the RX 580, so it would be its natural replacement. This graphic also has a consumption 30% lower than the RX 480. According to AMD this new Navi graphic has a TDP of 150W, which is very good.
Both the RX 5500 and RX 5500M have a total of 1 Shaders Processors. The desktop variant works at 408 1MHz and goes in Boost mode at 717 1MHz to offer a total TDP of 845W. While the RX 150M has a frequency of 5500MHz and in Boost mode it reaches 1MHz for a TDP of 448W.
We see that the laptop version has been cut to improve the temperature and autonomy of the laptops. They also differ in the amount of memory. The RX 5500 features 8GB GDDR6 @ 14Gbps, while the RX 550M features 4GB GDDR6 @ 14Gbps.
Improved cooling
Perhaps the most interesting element of the RX 5500 is that it has a heatsink with a large central fan. From the images it seems to be a 92mm fan, which should be enough to cool this graph well. Curiously, AMD did not opt for this system for the RX 5700 Series and opted for a blower.
We also leave you the performance tests offered by AMD in comparison with the NVIDIA GTX 1650. We assume that in the coming days benchmarks of this AMD graphics will appear and its price. It hasn't been revealed, but if you want to compete with NVIDIA graphics, matching them on price should be a great strategy.