RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation vs Radeon Pro Vega 64
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 201 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 9.48 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | AD103 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 27 June 2017 (8 years ago) | 21 March 2023 (2 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 | 4096 | 9728 |
| Core clock speed | 1250 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 345.6 | 510.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 11.06 TFLOPS | 32.69 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 112 |
| TMUs | 256 | 304 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 304 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 76 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 9.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 64 MB |
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 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| 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 | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 786 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 402.4 GB/s | 576.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 June 2017 | 21 March 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 120 Watt |
RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation has an age advantage of 5 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 108.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro Vega 64 and RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64 is a workstation graphics card while RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.
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