Radeon Pro 5700 XT vs Pro Vega 48

Place in the ranking	193	164
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	17.25
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Navi 10
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	19 March 2019 (5 years ago)	4 August 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	3072	2560
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	1243 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1499 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	249.6	239.8
Floating-point processing power	7.987 TFLOPS	7.675 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	192	160

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 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	786 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	384.0 GB/s

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

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 Vega 48 29.32

Pro 5700 XT 32.73
+11.6%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Pro Vega 48 11299

Pro 5700 XT 12613
+11.6%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	29.32	32.73
Recency	19 March 2019	4 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm

Pro 5700 XT has a 11.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 48 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 48 is a mobile workstation card while Radeon Pro 5700 XT is a workstation one.

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