AMD Radeon RX 5500

AMD · Radeon RX 5500

AMD Radeon RX 5500 graphics reference with normalized architecture, compute, memory, clocks, PCIe, display, media, power, and physical specifications where verified data exists.

VRAM: 4 GB GDDR6
Boost clock: 1.72 GHz
PCI Express: PCIe 4.0
Board power: 110 W

Technical data

Specifications

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Overview

Manufacturer	AMD
Launch date	2019-10-07

Architecture

Architecture	RDNA

Compute

Shader processors	1408

Memory

VRAM	4 GB
Memory type	GDDR6
Memory bus	128 bit
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s

Clocks

Base clock	1.61 GHz
Boost clock	1.72 GHz

PCIe

Bus interface	PCIe 4.0

Power

Board power	110 W

Hardware navigation

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Sources

Specification provenance

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