RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with RTX 4500 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
8.82

RTX 4500 Ada Generation outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 715% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking49720
Place by popularity31not in top-100
Power efficiency41.1823.98
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameVegaAD103
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2020 (5 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores5127680
Core clock speedno data2070 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz2580 MHz
Number of transistorsno data45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rateno data619.2
Floating-point processing powerno data39.63 TFLOPS
ROPsno data80
TMUsno data240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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 data245 mm
Widthno data2-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 data24 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data432.0 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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

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
−683%
180−190
+683%
1440p17
−665%
130−140
+665%
4K9
−678%
70−75
+678%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
Counter-Strike 2 13
−669%
100−105
+669%
Cyberpunk 2077 19
−689%
150−160
+689%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−693%
230−240
+693%
Counter-Strike 2 9
−678%
70−75
+678%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
−700%
120−130
+700%
Forza Horizon 4 32
−713%
260−270
+713%
Forza Horizon 5 21
−710%
170−180
+710%
Metro Exodus 27
−715%
220−230
+715%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
−688%
260−270
+688%
Valorant 44
−695%
350−400
+695%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−693%
230−240
+693%
Counter-Strike 2 9
−678%
70−75
+678%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
−673%
85−90
+673%
Dota 2 29
−693%
230−240
+693%
Far Cry 5 30
−700%
240−250
+700%
Fortnite 50−55
−655%
400−450
+655%
Forza Horizon 4 27
−715%
220−230
+715%
Forza Horizon 5 13
−669%
100−105
+669%
Grand Theft Auto V 19
−689%
150−160
+689%
Metro Exodus 19
−689%
150−160
+689%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 57
−689%
450−500
+689%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12
−692%
95−100
+692%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−715%
220−230
+715%
Valorant 14
−686%
110−120
+686%
World of Tanks 48
−629%
350−400
+629%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−693%
230−240
+693%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−713%
130−140
+713%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−678%
70−75
+678%
Dota 2 48
−629%
350−400
+629%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−711%
300−310
+711%
Forza Horizon 4 23
−683%
180−190
+683%
Forza Horizon 5 14
−686%
110−120
+686%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−686%
550−600
+686%
Valorant 37
−711%
300−310
+711%
Dota 2 9
−678%
70−75
+678%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
−678%
70−75
+678%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 22
−673%
170−180
+673%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−686%
55−60
+686%
World of Tanks 21
−710%
170−180
+710%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−665%
130−140
+665%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%
Cyberpunk 2077 2
−700%
16−18
+700%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−689%
150−160
+689%
Forza Horizon 4 16
−713%
130−140
+713%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Metro Exodus 17
−665%
130−140
+665%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−692%
95−100
+692%
Valorant 39
−669%
300−310
+669%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%
Dota 2 10
−700%
80−85
+700%
Grand Theft Auto V 10
−700%
80−85
+700%
Metro Exodus 6
−650%
45−50
+650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 13
−669%
100−105
+669%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−650%
45−50
+650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10
−700%
80−85
+700%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−713%
65−70
+713%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−700%
24−27
+700%
Dota 2 18
−678%
140−150
+678%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−673%
85−90
+673%
Fortnite 9−10
−678%
70−75
+678%
Forza Horizon 4 9
−678%
70−75
+678%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
−650%
45−50
+650%
Valorant 9−10
−678%
70−75
+678%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RTX 4500 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 683% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 665% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 678% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.82 71.90
Recency 7 January 2020 9 August 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 210 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has 1300% lower power consumption.

RTX 4500 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 715.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4500 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while RTX 4500 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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