RTX A5500 vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with RTX A5500, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.04

RTX A5500 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 856% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking58042
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.8917.39
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega RenoirGA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 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 cores38410240
Core clock speed400 MHz1080 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistorsno data28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rateno data532.8
Floating-point processing powerno data34.1 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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).

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 data24 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data768.0 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 Connectorsno data4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

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 HD20
−850%
190−200
+850%
1440p28
−829%
260−270
+829%
4K18
−844%
170−180
+844%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
−809%
100−105
+809%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
−838%
150−160
+838%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−838%
75−80
+838%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−841%
160−170
+841%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14
−829%
130−140
+829%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−844%
85−90
+844%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−829%
130−140
+829%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−844%
170−180
+844%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−754%
350−400
+754%
Hitman 3 11
−809%
100−105
+809%
Horizon Zero Dawn 97
−828%
900−950
+828%
Metro Exodus 23
−813%
210−220
+813%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
−855%
210−220
+855%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−855%
210−220
+855%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
−787%
550−600
+787%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−838%
75−80
+838%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−841%
160−170
+841%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−817%
110−120
+817%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
−817%
55−60
+817%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−829%
130−140
+829%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−844%
170−180
+844%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−754%
350−400
+754%
Hitman 3 12−14
−823%
120−130
+823%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
−790%
650−700
+790%
Metro Exodus 17
−841%
160−170
+841%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−829%
130−140
+829%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−852%
200−210
+852%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−850%
190−200
+850%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50
−800%
450−500
+800%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−838%
75−80
+838%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−823%
120−130
+823%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−829%
130−140
+829%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−754%
350−400
+754%
Hitman 3 12−14
−823%
120−130
+823%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
−841%
160−170
+841%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
−844%
170−180
+844%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
−809%
100−105
+809%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−782%
450−500
+782%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−829%
130−140
+829%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−817%
110−120
+817%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−847%
180−190
+847%
Hitman 3 10−11
−850%
95−100
+850%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−829%
130−140
+829%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−775%
350−400
+775%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Hitman 3 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 11
−809%
100−105
+809%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RTX A5500 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A5500 is 850% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A5500 is 829% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A5500 is 844% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.04 57.74
Recency 7 January 2020 22 March 2022
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 230 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1433.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A5500, on the other hand, has a 856% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

The RTX A5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while RTX A5500 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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