Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
Combined performance score
Radeon Pro Vega 64 outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 2133% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 147 | 928 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 1.97 | 0.06 |
Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Gen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015) |
GPU code name | Vega 10 | Broadwell GT2 |
Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
Release date | 27 June 2017 (6 years old) | 5 January 2015 (9 years old) |
Current price | $6074 | $410 |
Pro Vega 64 has 3183% better value for money than HD Graphics 5500.
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 | 24 |
Core clock speed | 1250 MHz | 300 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 950 MHz |
Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 1,300 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 15 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 345.6 | 22.80 |
Floating-point performance | 11,059 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon Pro Vega 64 and HD Graphics 5500 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 2.0 x1 |
Length | 267 mm | no data |
Width | IGP | no data |
Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | HBM2 | System Shared |
Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | System Shared |
Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1572 MHz | System Shared |
Memory bandwidth | 402.4 GB/s | no data |
Shared memory | no data | + |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_1) |
Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.1.80 |
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.
Radeon Pro Vega 64 outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 2133% in our combined 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%
Radeon Pro Vega 64 outperforms HD Graphics 5500 by 2135% in Passmark.
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:
900p | 290−300
+2131%
| 13
−2131%
|
Full HD | 220−230
+2100%
| 10
−2100%
|
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 33.50 | 1.50 |
Recency | 27 June 2017 | 5 January 2015 |
Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | System Shared |
Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Radeon Pro Vega 64 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 5500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64 is a workstation card while HD Graphics 5500 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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