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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48: specs and benchmarks
Price now
671$
Games supported
95%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1200 MHz
- Max video memory 8 GB
- Memory type HBM2
- Memory clock speed 1572 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2019
Performance
28.80
Summary
AMD started Radeon Pro Vega 48 sales 19 March 2019. This is a GCN 5.0 architecture desktop card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of HBM2 memory clocked at 1.57 GHz are supplied, and together with 2048 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 402.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated video card.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at
28.80%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon Pro Vega 48: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 143 | |
| Value for money | 14.48 | |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 19 March 2019 (4 years old) | |
| Current price | $671 | of 158889 (A100 PCIe) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Radeon Pro Vega 48's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon Pro Vega 48's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3072 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Texture fill rate | 249.6 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon Pro Vega 48 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Width | IGP | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon Pro Vega 48: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | HBM2 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1572 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 402.4 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon Pro Vega 48. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon Pro Vega 48, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon Pro Vega 48. 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.
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%
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%
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon Pro Vega 48 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon Pro Vega 48 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon Pro Vega 48 is Quadro P4000, which is faster by 2% and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon Pro Vega 48:
Similar GPUs
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