Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs Pro SSG

Place in performance ranking	182	177
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	29.86	25.42
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Fiji	Vega 10
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	26 July 2016 (7 years old)	19 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$9,999	no data
Current price	$321 (0x MSRP)	$671

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro SSG has 17% better value for money than Pro Vega 48.

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 cores	4096	3072
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	8,900 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	260 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	268.8	249.6
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro SSG and Radeon Pro Vega 48 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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 type	HBM	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MBps	1572 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	402.4 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 Connectors	1x HDMI 1.4a, 3x mini-DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.170	1.1.125

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.

Pro SSG 28.33

Pro Vega 48 29.17
+3%

Pro Vega 48 outperforms Pro SSG by 3% based on our aggregated 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%

Pro SSG 10971

Pro Vega 48 11299
+3%

Pro Vega 48 outperforms Pro SSG by 3% in Passmark.