RTX A500 Mobile vs Radeon RX Vega 3

Place in performance ranking	741	323
Place by popularity	74	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.97	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$371	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	192	2048
Core clock speed	600 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1537 MHz
Number of transistors	4,940 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	12.13	98.37

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 3 and RTX A500 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	96 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.6

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.

RX Vega 3 2.97

RTX A500 Mobile 15.44
+420%

RTX A500 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX Vega 3 by 420% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 3 1724

RTX A500 Mobile 10748
+524%

RTX A500 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX Vega 3 by 524% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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	12 −367%	56 +367%
1440p	4−5 −525%	25 +525%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+200%

2−3

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7 −400%	35−40 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6 −400%	30−33 +400%
Battlefield 5	7 −400%	35−40 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry 5	5 −380%	24−27 +380%
Far Cry New Dawn	5 −380%	24−27 +380%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Hitman 3	8 −400%	40−45 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6 +20%	5−6 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6 −400%	30−33 +400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Metro Exodus	2 −400%	10−11 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +200%	2−3 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4 +100%	2−3 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	3−4	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%

This is how RX Vega 3 and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A500 Mobile is 367% faster in 1080p
RTX A500 Mobile is 525% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 3 is 500% faster than the RTX A500 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega 3 is ahead in 20 tests (95%)
there's a draw in 1 test (5%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.97	15.44
Recency	7 January 2018	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	60 Watt