Radeon Pro W6600M vs RX Vega 5

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 5 with Radeon Pro W6600M, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 5
2020
15 Watt
4.67

Pro W6600M outperforms RX Vega 5 by a whopping 651% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking616136
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.53no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVegaNavi 23
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)8 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$287 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3201792
Boost clock speed1400 MHz2034 MHz
Number of transistorsno data11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rateno data325.1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 5 and Radeon Pro W6600M 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.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data14000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112.0 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkanno data1.2

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 HD20
−650%
150−160
+650%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9
−567%
60−65
+567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 15
−320%
60−65
+320%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12
−408%
60−65
+408%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−850%
110−120
+850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 13
−446%
70−75
+446%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−650%
60−65
+650%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−680%
75−80
+680%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−577%
85−90
+577%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−527%
130−140
+527%
Hitman 3 8
−800%
70−75
+800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 25
−464%
140−150
+464%
Metro Exodus 20
−425%
100−110
+425%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18
−383%
85−90
+383%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−529%
130−140
+529%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−650%
90−95
+650%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12
−425%
60−65
+425%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1425%
60−65
+1425%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−850%
110−120
+850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−492%
70−75
+492%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−650%
60−65
+650%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−680%
75−80
+680%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−577%
85−90
+577%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−527%
130−140
+527%
Hitman 3 9−10
−700%
70−75
+700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−488%
140−150
+488%
Metro Exodus 7
−1400%
100−110
+1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−521%
85−90
+521%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
−676%
130−140
+676%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−514%
85−90
+514%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−329%
90−95
+329%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−530%
60−65
+530%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1425%
60−65
+1425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−610%
70−75
+610%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−650%
60−65
+650%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−680%
75−80
+680%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−527%
130−140
+527%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−488%
140−150
+488%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14
−843%
130−140
+843%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9
−856%
85−90
+856%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−329%
90−95
+329%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12
−625%
85−90
+625%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−644%
65−70
+644%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−850%
35−40
+850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−643%
50−55
+643%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1200%
24−27
+1200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−800%
60−65
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−800%
70−75
+800%
Hitman 3 9−10
−389%
40−45
+389%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−3200%
65−70
+3200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1125%
45−50
+1125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−567%
60−65
+567%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−867%
27−30
+867%
Hitman 3 1−2
−2700%
27−30
+2700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−760%
40−45
+760%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−2600%
27−30
+2600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−4000%
40−45
+4000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−667%
21−24
+667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1000%
21−24
+1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 10−12
Far Cry 5 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1500%
45−50
+1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−760%
40−45
+760%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−500%
35−40
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−520%
30−35
+520%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−660%
35−40
+660%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−730%
80−85
+730%

This is how RX Vega 5 and Pro W6600M compete in popular games:

  • Pro W6600M is 650% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Pro W6600M is 4000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Pro W6600M surpassed RX Vega 5 in all 69 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.67 35.08
Recency 7 January 2020 8 June 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 90 Watt

The Radeon Pro W6600M 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 graphics card while Radeon Pro W6600M is a mobile workstation one.


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