Radeon R5 (Kaveri) vs RX Vega 5

Place in the ranking	649	1048
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	21.56	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	GCN 1.1 (2014)
GPU code name	Vega	Kaveri
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	256
Core clock speed	no data	514 MHz
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	626 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size

no data

medium sized

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 bus width	no data	64/128 Bit
Shared memory	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX

12_1

12 (FL 12_0)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 5 4.64
+283%

R5 (Kaveri) 1.21

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 Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX Vega 5 3535
+292%

R5 (Kaveri) 901

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RX Vega 5 11704
+289%

R5 (Kaveri) 3011

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX Vega 5 2438
+326%

R5 (Kaveri) 572

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX Vega 5 18282
+362%

R5 (Kaveri) 3959

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

18
+350%

4−5

−350%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9
+200%

3−4

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	15 +150%	6−7 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12 +300%	3−4 −300%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	13 +225%	4−5 −225%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +1350%	2−3 −1350%
Hitman 3	8 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +121%	14−16 −121%
Metro Exodus	20 +300%	5−6 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18 +800%	2−3 −800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +40.6%	30−35 −40.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +1350%	2−3 −1350%
Hitman 3	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +121%	14−16 −121%
Metro Exodus	15 +400%	3−4 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14 +600%	2−3 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +113%	8−9 −113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +54.5%	10−12 −54.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +40.6%	30−35 −40.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +1350%	2−3 −1350%
Hitman 3	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +121%	14−16 −121%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14 +75%	8−9 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +40.6%	30−35 −40.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12
+500%

2−3

−500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Hitman 3	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +480%	5−6 −480%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+125%

4−5

−125%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+150%

2−3

−150%

This is how RX Vega 5 and R5 (Kaveri) compete in popular games:

RX Vega 5 is 350% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 5 is 1350% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R5 (Kaveri) is 22% faster.

All in all, in popular games: