Radeon RX 5600 OEM vs RX Vega 9

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 9 with Radeon RX 5600 OEM, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 9
2017
15 Watt
5.54

RX 5600 OEM outperforms RX Vega 9 by a whopping 468% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking604175
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.7714.63
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeNavi 10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)21 January 2020 (4 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 cores5762048
Core clock speedno data1130 MHz
Boost clock speed1300 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistorsno data10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data199.7
Floating-point processing powerno data6.39 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data128

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
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 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 data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API 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 HD16
−463%
90−95
+463%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−463%
90−95
+463%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−456%
200−210
+456%
Hitman 3 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−443%
190−200
+443%
Metro Exodus 21
−424%
110−120
+424%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−451%
270−280
+451%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−463%
90−95
+463%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−456%
200−210
+456%
Hitman 3 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−443%
190−200
+443%
Metro Exodus 16
−463%
90−95
+463%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−426%
100−105
+426%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−451%
270−280
+451%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−456%
200−210
+456%
Hitman 3 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−443%
190−200
+443%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−463%
45−50
+463%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−451%
270−280
+451%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Hitman 3 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−456%
200−210
+456%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Hitman 3 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%

This is how RX Vega 9 and RX 5600 OEM compete in popular games:

  • RX 5600 OEM is 463% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.54 31.46
Recency 26 October 2017 21 January 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 150 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 900% lower power consumption.

RX 5600 OEM, on the other hand, has a 467.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5600 OEM 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 card while Radeon RX 5600 OEM is a desktop one.


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