Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs RTX A4000
Aggregate performance score
We've compared RTX A4000 with Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), including specs and performance data.
RTX A4000 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 458% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 58 | 481 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 34 |
| Power efficiency | 24.77 | 41.45 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Vega (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | GA104 | Vega |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 April 2021 (3 years ago) | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6144 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1560 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 299.5 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 19.17 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 96 | no data |
| TMUs | 192 | no data |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 48 | no data |
Form factor & 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
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 type | GDDR6 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
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 Connectors | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 120−130
+445%
| 22
−445%
|
| 1440p | 85−90
+431%
| 16
−431%
|
| 4K | 50−55
+456%
| 9
−456%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 19
+0%
|
19
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 20
+0%
|
20
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 14
+0%
|
14
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 15
+0%
|
15
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35
+0%
|
35
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 33
+0%
|
33
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 36
+0%
|
36
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 16
+0%
|
16
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10
+0%
|
10
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 15
+0%
|
15
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 25
+0%
|
25
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 27
+0%
|
27
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 14
+0%
|
14
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9
+0%
|
9
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 14
+0%
|
14
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 24
+0%
|
24
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 23
+0%
|
23
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14
+0%
|
14
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 12
+0%
|
12
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 21
+0%
|
21
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 11
+0%
|
11
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5
+0%
|
5
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 10
+0%
|
10
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 20
+0%
|
20
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 17
+0%
|
17
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 16
+0%
|
16
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 59
+0%
|
59
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 13
+0%
|
13
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 9
+0%
|
9
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
This is how RTX A4000 and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:
- RTX A4000 is 445% faster in 1080p
- RTX A4000 is 431% faster in 1440p
- RTX A4000 is 456% faster in 4K
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 50.54 | 9.06 |
| Recency | 12 April 2021 | 7 January 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 15 Watt |
RTX A4000 has a 457.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.
The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.
Be aware that RTX A4000 is a workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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