AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

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Combined performance score

RTX 5000
41.36
+9.6%

Quadro RTX 5000 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 64X by 10% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking86114
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money17.4869.98
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameTU104Vega 10
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 August 2018 (5 years old)19 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,299 no data
Current price$1540 (0.7x MSRP)$366
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 64X has 300% better value for money than RTX 5000.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30724096
Core clock speed1620 MHz1250 MHz
Boost clock speed1815 MHz1468 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate348.5375.8

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount16 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s512.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 5000 41.36
+9.6%
Pro Vega 64X 37.75

Quadro RTX 5000 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 64X by 10% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 5000 16029
+9.6%
Pro Vega 64X 14630

Quadro RTX 5000 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 64X by 10% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 5000 105681
+40.1%
Pro Vega 64X 75438

Quadro RTX 5000 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 64X by 40% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 41.36 37.75
Recency 13 August 2018 19 March 2019
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 250 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 5000 and Radeon Pro Vega 64X. The differences in performance seem too small.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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