Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs Pro Vega 64

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Vega 64 with Radeon Pro Vega 20, including specs and performance data.

Pro Vega 64
2017
16 GB HBM2, 250 Watt
33.53
+144%

Pro Vega 64 outperforms Pro Vega 20 by a whopping 144% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking146354
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.1414.74
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameVega 10Vega Mobile
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)15 November 2018 (5 years ago)
Current price$6074 $360

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 20 has 589% better value for money than Pro Vega 64.

Detailed specifications

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 cores40961280
Core clock speed1250 MHz815 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHz1283 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate345.6102.6
Floating-point performance11,059 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro Vega 64 and Radeon Pro Vega 20 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.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeHBM2HBM2
Maximum RAM amount16 GB4 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit1024 Bit
Memory clock speed1572 MHz1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth402.4 GB/s189.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.2.131

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.

Pro Vega 64 33.53
+144%
Pro Vega 20 13.72

Pro Vega 64 outperforms Pro Vega 20 by 144% based on our aggregate 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%

Pro Vega 64 12949
+144%
Pro Vega 20 5299

Pro Vega 64 outperforms Pro Vega 20 by 144% in Passmark.

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%

Pro Vega 64 71516
+166%
Pro Vega 20 26840

Pro Vega 64 outperforms Pro Vega 20 by 166% 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%

Pro Vega 64 74672
+178%
Pro Vega 20 26819

Pro Vega 64 outperforms Pro Vega 20 by 178% 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 HD150−160
+138%
63
−138%
4K100−110
+144%
41
−144%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%
Battlefield 5 40−45
+144%
18−20
−144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+167%
12−14
−167%
Far Cry New Dawn 51
+183%
18−20
−183%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+171%
24−27
−171%
Hitman 3 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+162%
21−24
−162%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+150%
18−20
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+171%
14−16
−171%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+169%
16−18
−169%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+150%
18−20
−150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%
Battlefield 5 40−45
+144%
18−20
−144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+167%
12−14
−167%
Far Cry New Dawn 46
+156%
18−20
−156%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+171%
24−27
−171%
Hitman 3 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+162%
21−24
−162%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+150%
18−20
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+171%
14−16
−171%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+169%
16−18
−169%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50
+178%
18−20
−178%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+150%
18−20
−150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+167%
12−14
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+171%
24−27
−171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+162%
21−24
−162%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+169%
16−18
−169%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
+158%
12−14
−158%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+150%
18−20
−150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+171%
14−16
−171%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Hitman 3 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+156%
9−10
−156%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Hitman 3 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%

This is how Pro Vega 64 and Pro Vega 20 compete in popular games:

  • Pro Vega 64 is 138% faster in 1080p
  • Pro Vega 64 is 144% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.53 13.72
Recency 27 June 2017 15 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 100 Watt

The Radeon Pro Vega 64 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 20 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro Vega 20 is a mobile workstation one.


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