AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs NVIDIA Quadro P5000

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking163162
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.912.90
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameGP104Vega
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 October 2016 (7 years old)14 December 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 $399
Current price$1270 (0.5x MSRP)$4999 (12.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P5000 has 242% better value for money than Pro Vega 56.

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 cores20483584
Core clock speed1607 MHz1247 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1250 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3280.0
Floating-point performance8,873 gflops9,677 gflops

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed9016 MHz786 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s402.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+
Display Port1.4no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+no data
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125
CUDA6.1no 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.

Quadro P5000 31.83
Pro Vega 56 31.87
+0.1%

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%

Quadro P5000 12337
Pro Vega 56 12353
+0.1%

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%

Quadro P5000 49433
Pro Vega 56 62249
+25.9%

Radeon Pro Vega 56 outperforms Quadro P5000 by 26% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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%

Quadro P5000 54820
Pro Vega 56 65703
+19.9%

Radeon Pro Vega 56 outperforms Quadro P5000 by 20% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD95
−4.2%
99
+4.2%
4K41
−39%
57
+39%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Battlefield 5 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−1.2%
80−85
+1.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Hitman 3 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Battlefield 5 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−1.2%
80−85
+1.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Hitman 3 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
−18.4%
116
+18.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Battlefield 5 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−1.2%
80−85
+1.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 53
−20.8%
64
+20.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Hitman 3 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Hitman 3 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 36
−16.7%
42
+16.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−2.3%
45−50
+2.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

This is how Quadro P5000 and Pro Vega 56 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • Pro Vega 56 is 4.2% faster than Quadro P5000

4K resolution:

  • Pro Vega 56 is 39% faster than Quadro P5000

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro Vega 56 is 20.8% faster than the Quadro P5000.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Pro Vega 56 is ahead in 7 tests (10%)
  • there's a draw in 61 test (90%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 31.83 31.87
Recency 1 October 2016 14 December 2017
Cost $2499 $399
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 210 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro P5000 and Radeon Pro Vega 56. 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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