Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs Pro 5600M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro 5600M with Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), including specs and performance data.

Pro 5600M
2020
8 GB HBM2, 50 Watt
23.96
+165%

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 ranking233481
Place by popularitynot in top-10034
Power efficiency32.8541.36
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 12Vega
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date15 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 cores2560512
Core clock speed1000 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1030 MHz2100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate164.8no data
Floating-point processing power5.274 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeHBM2no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width2048 Bitno data
Memory clock speed770 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth394.2 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2-

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 HD55−60
+150%
22
−150%
1440p40−45
+150%
16
−150%
4K21−24
+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.


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