Radeon Vega 7 vs Pro 555X

Place in the ranking	505	533
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Power efficiency	7.73	11.44
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	Cezanne
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	16 July 2018 (6 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 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 cores	768	448
Core clock speed	907 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.54	53.20
Floating-point processing power	1.393 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	48	28

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1275 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	81.6 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2

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	24−27 +4.3%	23 −4.3%
1440p	27−30 +8%	25 −8%
4K	16−18 +6.7%	15 −6.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Elden Ring	21−24 +64.3%	14 −64.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +17.2%	29 −17.2%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +4.8%	21 −4.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −17.4%	27 +17.4%
Valorant	30−33 +3.4%	29 −3.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Dota 2	30−33 +76.5%	17 −76.5%
Elden Ring	21−24 +43.8%	16 −43.8%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +28.6%	28 −28.6%
Fortnite	45−50 +11.4%	40−45 −11.4%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +41.7%	24 −41.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +46.7%	15 −46.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 +45.7%	46 −45.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +13%	21−24 −13%
Valorant	30−33 +114%	14 −114%
World of Tanks	120−130 +117%	58 −117%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +6.7%	14−16 −6.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Dota 2	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +9.1%	30−35 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +61.9%	21 −61.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 +11.7%	60−65 −11.7%
Valorant	30−33 +20%	25 −20%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Elden Ring	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +20%	35−40 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
World of Tanks	60−65 +13%	50−55 −13%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +12.5%	16−18 −12.5%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Valorant	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Dota 2	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
Elden Ring	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +9.1%	21−24 −9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Dota 2	18−20 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Fortnite	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Valorant	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%

This is how Pro 555X and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

Pro 555X is 4% faster in 1080p
Pro 555X is 8% faster in 1440p
Pro 555X is 7% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in World of Tanks, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Pro 555X is 117% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Vega 7 is 17% faster.

All in all, in popular games: