RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with RTX 4500 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.
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 ranking | 503 | 22 |
| Place by popularity | 33 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 40.98 | 23.85 |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega | AD103 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 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 cores | 512 | 7680 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 2070 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2100 MHz | 2580 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 210 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 619.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 39.63 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 80 |
| TMUs | no data | 240 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 60 |
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).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 245 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | no data | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 432.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | no data | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| 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 HD | 22
−673%
| 170−180
+673%
|
| 1440p | 16
−713%
| 130−140
+713%
|
| 4K | 10
−700%
| 80−85
+700%
|
FPS performance in popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - Full HD
Epic Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 1440p
Epic Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset - 4K
Epic Preset
| Atomic Heart | 24
−692%
|
190−200
+692%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 63
−694%
|
500−550
+694%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18
−678%
|
140−150
+678%
|
| Atomic Heart | 19
−689%
|
150−160
+689%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 39
−669%
|
300−310
+669%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 43
−714%
|
350−400
+714%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 13
−669%
|
100−105
+669%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21
−710%
|
170−180
+710%
|
| Fortnite | 47
−645%
|
350−400
+645%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
−711%
|
300−310
+711%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 33
−688%
|
260−270
+688%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−33
−700%
|
240−250
+700%
|
| Valorant | 80−85
−674%
|
650−700
+674%
|
| Atomic Heart | 11
−673%
|
85−90
+673%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 33
−688%
|
260−270
+688%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 19
−689%
|
150−160
+689%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 48
−629%
|
350−400
+629%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9
−678%
|
70−75
+678%
|
| Dota 2 | 51
−684%
|
400−450
+684%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 20
−700%
|
160−170
+700%
|
| Fortnite | 31
−706%
|
250−260
+706%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
−711%
|
300−310
+711%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 28
−686%
|
220−230
+686%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 19
−689%
|
150−160
+689%
|
| Metro Exodus | 16
−713%
|
130−140
+713%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−33
−700%
|
240−250
+700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21
−710%
|
170−180
+710%
|
| Valorant | 80−85
−674%
|
650−700
+674%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 30
−700%
|
240−250
+700%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9
−678%
|
70−75
+678%
|
| Dota 2 | 48
−629%
|
350−400
+629%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 19
−689%
|
150−160
+689%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40
−711%
|
300−310
+711%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−33
−700%
|
240−250
+700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14
−686%
|
110−120
+686%
|
| Valorant | 37
−711%
|
300−310
+711%
|
| Fortnite | 18
−678%
|
140−150
+678%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
−686%
|
110−120
+686%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 21
−710%
|
170−180
+710%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 9
−678%
|
70−75
+678%
|
| Metro Exodus | 10
−700%
|
80−85
+700%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 22
−673%
|
170−180
+673%
|
| Valorant | 95−100
−689%
|
750−800
+689%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 21
−710%
|
170−180
+710%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5
−700%
|
40−45
+700%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 16
−713%
|
130−140
+713%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 20−22
−700%
|
160−170
+700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−669%
|
100−105
+669%
|
| Fortnite | 16−18
−665%
|
130−140
+665%
|
| Atomic Heart | 7−8
−686%
|
55−60
+686%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−700%
|
8−9
+700%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10
−700%
|
80−85
+700%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6
−650%
|
45−50
+650%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
−713%
|
65−70
+713%
|
| Valorant | 40−45
−695%
|
350−400
+695%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 9−10
−678%
|
70−75
+678%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−700%
|
8−9
+700%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−700%
|
24−27
+700%
|
| Dota 2 | 18
−678%
|
140−150
+678%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8
−713%
|
65−70
+713%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
−686%
|
110−120
+686%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−713%
|
65−70
+713%
|
| Fortnite | 8−9
−713%
|
65−70
+713%
|
This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RTX 4500 Ada Generation compete in popular games:
- RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 673% faster in 1080p
- RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 713% faster in 1440p
- RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 700% faster in 4K
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.75 | 63.15 |
| 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 714.8% 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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