Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Radeon Pro W5700X vs Pro Vega 64X
Aggregated performance score
Pro W5700X outperforms Pro Vega 64X by 20% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 115 | 68 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 70.32 | no data |
Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
GPU code name | Vega 10 | Navi 10 |
Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
Release date | 19 March 2019 (5 years old) | 11 December 2019 (4 years old) |
Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Current price | $366 | 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 | 2304 |
Core clock speed | 1250 MHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1468 MHz | 2040 MHz |
Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 10,300 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 205 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 375.8 | 293.8 |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon Pro Vega 64X and Radeon Pro W5700X 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 4.0 x16 |
Length | no data | 305 mm |
Width | no data | Quad-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR6 |
Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 14000 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
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 | 1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt |
HDMI | no data | + |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.5 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.2.131 |
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 W5700X outperforms Pro Vega 64X by 20% based on our aggregated 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 W5700X outperforms Pro Vega 64X by 20% 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 64X outperforms Pro W5700X by 72% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 37.77 | 45.41 |
Recency | 19 March 2019 | 11 December 2019 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 205 Watt |
The Radeon Pro W5700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 64X in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64X is a mobile workstation card while Radeon Pro W5700X is a workstation 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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