Radeon RX Vega 64: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Radeon RX Vega 64 provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 37.02% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.

Summary

AMD started Radeon RX Vega 64 sales 7 August 2017 at a recommended price of $499 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 5.0 architecture and made with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 8 GB of HBM2 memory clocked at 0.95 GHz are supplied, and together with 2048 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 483.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 279 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 295 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon RX Vega 64: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking128
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.78
Power efficiency8.73of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameVega 10
Market segmentDesktop
Release date7 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

Radeon RX Vega 64's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX Vega 64's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4096of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed1247 MHzof 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed1546 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors12,500 millionof 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology14 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)295 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate395.8of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power12.66 TFLOPSof 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs64of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs256of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon RX Vega 64 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX Vega 64: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeHBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width2048 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed945 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX Vega 64. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI+

API compatibility

APIs supported by Radeon RX Vega 64, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.1.125

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX Vega 64. 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 64 37.02

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX Vega 64 14283

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 64 30824

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 64 55262

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 64 22501

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 64 127374

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX Vega 64 392304

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RX Vega 64 84

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RX Vega 64 81

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RX Vega 64 23

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RX Vega 64 157

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RX Vega 64 58

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

RX Vega 64 50

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RX Vega 64 111

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RX Vega 64 12

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

RX Vega 64 111

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

RX Vega 64 82

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

RX Vega 64 158

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

RX Vega 64 80

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

RX Vega 64 23

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

RX Vega 64 58

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

RX Vega 64 50

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

RX Vega 64 12.4

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RX Vega 64 145

SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

This part of SPECviewperf 12 benchmark emulates work with 3DS Max, executing eleven tests in various use scenarios, including architectural modeling and animation for computer games.

RX Vega 64 140

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon RX Vega 64 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD118
1440p78
4K51

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.23
1440p6.40
4K9.78

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 81
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 83
Battlefield 5 186
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 68
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
Far Cry 5 112
Far Cry New Dawn 108
Forza Horizon 4 321
Hitman 3 84
Horizon Zero Dawn 315
Metro Exodus 144
Red Dead Redemption 2 116
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 178
Watch Dogs: Legion 261

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 158
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 69
Battlefield 5 170
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
Far Cry 5 86
Far Cry New Dawn 93
Forza Horizon 4 294
Hitman 3 81
Horizon Zero Dawn 293
Metro Exodus 132
Red Dead Redemption 2 96
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 164
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
Watch Dogs: Legion 247

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 54
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
Far Cry 5 67
Forza Horizon 4 128
Hitman 3 73
Horizon Zero Dawn 100
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 143
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 77
Watch Dogs: Legion 54

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 89

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 47
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
Far Cry 5 40−45
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
Hitman 3 50
Horizon Zero Dawn 80
Metro Exodus 79
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion 243

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 62

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 59
Far Cry New Dawn 36
Hitman 3 38
Horizon Zero Dawn 102
Metro Exodus 52
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 48

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 29
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 28
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 25
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
Far Cry 5 27
Forza Horizon 4 66
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 59
Watch Dogs: Legion 21

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 31

Closest competitors

Radeon RX Vega 64's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX Vega 64 is GeForce RTX 2060, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX Vega 64:

Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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