Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs Pro 5600M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro 5600M with Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), including specs and performance data.
Pro 5600M outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 165% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | 233 | 481 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 34 |
Power efficiency | 32.85 | 41.36 |
Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Vega (2017−2020) |
GPU code name | Navi 12 | Vega |
Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
Release date | 15 June 2020 (4 years ago) | 7 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 cores | 2560 | 512 |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1030 MHz | 2100 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 15 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 164.8 | no data |
Floating-point processing power | 5.274 TFLOPS | no data |
ROPs | 64 | no data |
TMUs | 160 | no data |
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 | medium sized | no data |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | no data |
Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | HBM2 | no data |
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | no data |
Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | no data |
Memory clock speed | 770 MHz | no data |
Memory bandwidth | 394.2 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 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12_1 |
Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
Vulkan | 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 | 55−60
+150%
| 22
−150%
|
1440p | 40−45
+150%
| 16
−150%
|
4K | 21−24
+133%
| 9
−133%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+105%
|
19
−105%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 50−55
+136%
|
21−24
−136%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 40−45
+105%
|
20
−105%
|
Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+179%
|
27−30
−179%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+158%
|
18−20
−158%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+179%
|
14
−179%
|
Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+162%
|
21−24
−162%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 60−65
+142%
|
24−27
−142%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 140−150
+131%
|
60−65
−131%
|
Hitman 3 | 45−50
+220%
|
15
−220%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 110−120
+118%
|
50−55
−118%
|
Metro Exodus | 80−85
+134%
|
35
−134%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 60−65
+90.9%
|
33
−90.9%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 80−85
+125%
|
36
−125%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 100−110
+68.3%
|
60−65
−68.3%
|
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 50−55
+136%
|
21−24
−136%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 40−45
+156%
|
16
−156%
|
Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+179%
|
27−30
−179%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+158%
|
18−20
−158%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+290%
|
10
−290%
|
Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+162%
|
21−24
−162%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 60−65
+142%
|
24−27
−142%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 140−150
+131%
|
60−65
−131%
|
Hitman 3 | 45−50
+220%
|
15
−220%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 110−120
+118%
|
50−55
−118%
|
Metro Exodus | 80−85
+228%
|
25
−228%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 60−65
+152%
|
24−27
−152%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 80−85
+200%
|
27
−200%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55
+108%
|
24−27
−108%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 100−110
+68.3%
|
60−65
−68.3%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 50−55
+136%
|
21−24
−136%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 40−45
+193%
|
14
−193%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+158%
|
18−20
−158%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+333%
|
9
−333%
|
Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+162%
|
21−24
−162%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 140−150
+131%
|
60−65
−131%
|
Hitman 3 | 45−50
+243%
|
14
−243%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 110−120
+363%
|
24
−363%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 80−85
+252%
|
23
−252%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55
+271%
|
14
−271%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 100−110
+742%
|
12
−742%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 60−65
+200%
|
21
−200%
|
1440p
High Preset
Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+150%
|
18−20
−150%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+157%
|
14−16
−157%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 24−27
+178%
|
9−10
−178%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+109%
|
11
−109%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30
+200%
|
9−10
−200%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 14−16
+200%
|
5
−200%
|
Far Cry 5 | 27−30
+180%
|
10−11
−180%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 130−140
+249%
|
35−40
−249%
|
Hitman 3 | 27−30
+180%
|
10
−180%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 45−50
+145%
|
20
−145%
|
Metro Exodus | 45−50
+165%
|
17
−165%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 50−55
+225%
|
16
−225%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+263%
|
8−9
−263%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 130−140
+131%
|
59
−131%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 40−45
+208%
|
13
−208%
|
4K
High Preset
Battlefield 5 | 24−27
+200%
|
8−9
−200%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 18−20
+217%
|
6−7
−217%
|
Hitman 3 | 18−20
+280%
|
5−6
−280%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 120−130
+232%
|
35−40
−232%
|
Metro Exodus | 27−30
+286%
|
7−8
−286%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
+333%
|
6−7
−333%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 14−16
+180%
|
5−6
−180%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14
+225%
|
4−5
−225%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14
+225%
|
4−5
−225%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
Far Cry 5 | 12−14
+160%
|
5−6
−160%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
+200%
|
10−12
−200%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 27−30
+222%
|
9
−222%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 10−12
+267%
|
3−4
−267%
|
4K
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 21−24
+133%
|
9−10
−133%
|
This is how Pro 5600M and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:
- Pro 5600M is 150% faster in 1080p
- Pro 5600M is 150% faster in 1440p
- Pro 5600M is 133% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 5600M is 742% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, Pro 5600M surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 72 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 23.96 | 9.05 |
Recency | 15 June 2020 | 7 January 2020 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 15 Watt |
Pro 5600M has a 164.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 months.
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.
The Radeon Pro 5600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro 5600M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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