Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs Pro Vega 64
Combined performance score
Pro Vega 64 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 269% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 147 | 443 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 39 |
Value for money | 1.97 | no data |
Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Vega (2017−2021) |
GPU code name | Vega 10 | Vega |
Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
Release date | 27 June 2017 (6 years old) | 7 January 2020 (4 years old) |
Current price | $6074 | no data |
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 | 512 |
Core clock speed | 1250 MHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 2100 MHz |
Number of transistors | 12,500 million | no data |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 15 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 345.6 | no data |
Floating-point performance | 11,059 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon Pro Vega 64 and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 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 | no data |
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 | no data |
Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | no data |
Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | no data |
Memory clock speed | 1572 MHz | no data |
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 data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12_1 |
Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
Vulkan | 1.1.125 | no data |
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 HD | 80−85
+264%
| 22
−264%
|
1440p | 55−60
+244%
| 16
−244%
|
4K | 35−40
+250%
| 10
−250%
|
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 33.50 | 9.07 |
Recency | 27 June 2017 | 7 January 2020 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Radeon Pro Vega 64 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64 is a workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Similar GPU comparisons
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.