Radeon Pro W5500M vs RX Vega 9

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 9 with Radeon Pro W5500M, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 9
2017
15 Watt
5.59

Pro W5500M outperforms RX Vega 9 by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking617493
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.547.28
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeNavi 14
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)10 February 2020 (5 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 cores5761408
Core clock speedno data1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1300 MHz1450 MHz
Number of transistorsno data6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rateno data127.6
Floating-point processing powerno data4.083 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data88

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 x8
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 data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 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 dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

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 HD18
−50%
27−30
+50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Fortnite 22
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−45.8%
35−40
+45.8%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−50%
30−33
+50%
Valorant 60−65
−58.7%
100−105
+58.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 85−90
−57.3%
140−150
+57.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Dota 2 40−45
−59.1%
70−75
+59.1%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Fortnite 16
−50%
24−27
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−45.8%
35−40
+45.8%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−50%
30−33
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Valorant 60−65
−58.7%
100−105
+58.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Dota 2 40−45
−59.1%
70−75
+59.1%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−60%
24−27
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−45.8%
35−40
+45.8%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−50%
30−33
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−50%
12−14
+50%
Valorant 60−65
−58.7%
100−105
+58.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
−50%
60−65
+50%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−57.1%
55−60
+57.1%
Valorant 55−60
−61%
95−100
+61%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
Forza Horizon 5 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−58.8%
27−30
+58.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Valorant 24−27
−53.8%
40−45
+53.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Dota 2 18−20
−50%
27−30
+50%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%

This is how RX Vega 9 and Pro W5500M compete in popular games:

  • Pro W5500M is 50% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.59 9.03
Recency 26 October 2017 10 February 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 85 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 466.7% lower power consumption.

Pro W5500M, on the other hand, has a 61.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro W5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 9 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro W5500M is a mobile workstation one.

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