RTX A4500 vs Radeon RX Vega 5

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 5 with RTX A4500, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 5
2020
15 Watt
4.67

RTX A4500 outperforms RX Vega 5 by a whopping 1107% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking61637
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.545.22
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVegaGA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)23 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Current price$287 $2591

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 5 has 64% better value for money than RTX A4500.

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 cores3207168
Boost clock speed1400 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistorsno data28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rateno data369.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 5 and RTX A4500 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.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data20 GB
Memory bus widthno data320 Bit
Memory clock speedno data16 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data640.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 data4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.6

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 HD19
−1058%
220−230
+1058%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9
−1011%
100−105
+1011%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 15
−1100%
180−190
+1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12
−1067%
140−150
+1067%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−1067%
140−150
+1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 13
−1054%
150−160
+1054%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−1088%
95−100
+1088%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−1100%
120−130
+1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−1054%
150−160
+1054%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−1082%
260−270
+1082%
Hitman 3 8
−1088%
95−100
+1088%
Horizon Zero Dawn 25
−1100%
300−310
+1100%
Metro Exodus 20
−1100%
240−250
+1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18
−1067%
210−220
+1067%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−1090%
250−260
+1090%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−1067%
140−150
+1067%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12
−1067%
140−150
+1067%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−1067%
140−150
+1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−1067%
140−150
+1067%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−1088%
95−100
+1088%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−1100%
120−130
+1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−1054%
150−160
+1054%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−1082%
260−270
+1082%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1011%
100−105
+1011%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−1067%
280−290
+1067%
Metro Exodus 7
−1043%
80−85
+1043%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−1043%
160−170
+1043%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
−1076%
200−210
+1076%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−1043%
160−170
+1043%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−1090%
250−260
+1090%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1011%
100−105
+1011%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−1100%
120−130
+1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−1088%
95−100
+1088%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−1100%
120−130
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−1082%
260−270
+1082%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−1067%
280−290
+1067%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14
−1043%
160−170
+1043%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9
−1011%
100−105
+1011%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−1090%
250−260
+1090%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12
−1067%
140−150
+1067%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−1011%
100−105
+1011%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1043%
80−85
+1043%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1043%
80−85
+1043%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1088%
95−100
+1088%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1011%
100−105
+1011%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−1082%
130−140
+1082%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−1011%
100−105
+1011%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Hitman 3 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1100%
60−65
+1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1100%
60−65
+1100%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−1100%
60−65
+1100%

This is how RX Vega 5 and RTX A4500 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A4500 is 1058% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.67 56.39
Recency 7 January 2020 23 November 2021
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 200 Watt

The RTX A4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 5 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 5 is a notebook card while RTX A4500 is a workstation one.


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