Radeon Pro W5700X vs RX Vega 7

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Aggregate performance score

RX Vega 7
2020
15 Watt
7.41

Pro W5700X outperforms RX Vega 7 by a whopping 515% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking50265
Place by popularity10not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.91no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeNavi 10
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)11 December 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999
Current price$387 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores4482304
Boost clock speed1800 MHz2040 MHz
Number of transistorsno data10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt205 Watt
Texture fill rateno data293.8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 7 and Radeon Pro W5700X 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 data305 mm
Widthno dataQuad-slot
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 data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data14000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 data1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkanno data1.2.131

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 HD23
−509%
140−150
+509%
1440p37
−495%
220−230
+495%
4K15
−500%
90−95
+500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18
−511%
110−120
+511%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21
−471%
120−130
+471%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 19
−479%
110−120
+479%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−491%
130−140
+491%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 17
−488%
100−105
+488%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
−507%
85−90
+507%
Far Cry 5 17
−488%
100−105
+488%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−471%
120−130
+471%
Forza Horizon 4 37
−495%
220−230
+495%
Hitman 3 14
−507%
85−90
+507%
Horizon Zero Dawn 41
−510%
250−260
+510%
Metro Exodus 27
−493%
160−170
+493%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
−493%
160−170
+493%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 29
−486%
170−180
+486%
Watch Dogs: Legion 17
−488%
100−105
+488%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 17
−488%
100−105
+488%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 15
−500%
90−95
+500%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−491%
130−140
+491%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18
−511%
110−120
+511%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−500%
60−65
+500%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−488%
100−105
+488%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−471%
120−130
+471%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−511%
220−230
+511%
Hitman 3 7
−471%
40−45
+471%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
−448%
400−450
+448%
Metro Exodus 20
−500%
120−130
+500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 20
−500%
120−130
+500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24
−483%
140−150
+483%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
−479%
110−120
+479%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80
−463%
450−500
+463%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−500%
90−95
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−511%
55−60
+511%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−500%
90−95
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−511%
55−60
+511%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−488%
100−105
+488%
Forza Horizon 4 27
−493%
160−170
+493%
Horizon Zero Dawn 22
−491%
130−140
+491%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−471%
120−130
+471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−477%
75−80
+477%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−486%
170−180
+486%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18
−511%
110−120
+511%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−507%
85−90
+507%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−491%
65−70
+491%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−511%
55−60
+511%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−491%
65−70
+491%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−477%
75−80
+477%
Hitman 3 10−12
−491%
65−70
+491%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−494%
95−100
+494%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−477%
75−80
+477%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Hitman 3 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%

This is how RX Vega 7 and Pro W5700X compete in popular games:

  • Pro W5700X is 509% faster in 1080p
  • Pro W5700X is 495% faster in 1440p
  • Pro W5700X is 500% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.41 45.54
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 205 Watt

The Radeon Pro W5700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 7 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 7 is a notebook card while Radeon Pro W5700X is a workstation one.


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