Quadro RTX 5000 vs Radeon Pro Vega 56

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Vega 56 with Quadro RTX 5000, including specs and performance data.

Pro Vega 56
2017
8 GB HBM2, 210 Watt
32.06

RTX 5000 outperforms Pro Vega 56 by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking17398
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.7014.33
Power efficiency10.4712.36
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameVega 10TU104
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date14 August 2017 (7 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $2,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 56 has 212% better value for money than RTX 5000.

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 cores35843072
Core clock speed1138 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speed1250 MHz1815 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)210 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate280.0348.5
Floating-point processing power8.96 TFLOPS11.15 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs224192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed786 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth402.4 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.1251.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro Vega 56 32.06
RTX 5000 41.46
+29.3%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Pro Vega 56 12353
RTX 5000 15975
+29.3%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Pro Vega 56 61630
RTX 5000 102718
+66.7%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Pro Vega 56 65862
RTX 5000 94213
+43%

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 HD100
−20%
120−130
+20%
4K61
−23%
75−80
+23%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.9919.16
4K6.5430.65

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
−20.4%
65−70
+20.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
−23.2%
85−90
+23.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−27.3%
70−75
+27.3%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−25%
130−140
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−23.1%
80−85
+23.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
−20.4%
65−70
+20.4%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−25%
90−95
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
−23.5%
100−105
+23.5%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−28.7%
220−230
+28.7%
Hitman 3 65−70
−26.9%
85−90
+26.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−28.6%
180−190
+28.6%
Metro Exodus 100−110
−21.5%
130−140
+21.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
−26.6%
100−105
+26.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−23.9%
140−150
+23.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−28.2%
150−160
+28.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
−23.2%
85−90
+23.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−27.3%
70−75
+27.3%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−25%
130−140
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−23.1%
80−85
+23.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
−20.4%
65−70
+20.4%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−25%
90−95
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
−23.5%
100−105
+23.5%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−28.7%
220−230
+28.7%
Hitman 3 65−70
−26.9%
85−90
+26.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−28.6%
180−190
+28.6%
Metro Exodus 100−110
−21.5%
130−140
+21.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
−26.6%
100−105
+26.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−23.9%
140−150
+23.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
−26.9%
85−90
+26.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−28.2%
150−160
+28.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
−23.2%
85−90
+23.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−27.3%
70−75
+27.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−23.1%
80−85
+23.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
−20.4%
65−70
+20.4%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−25%
90−95
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−28.7%
220−230
+28.7%
Hitman 3 65−70
−26.9%
85−90
+26.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−28.6%
180−190
+28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−23.9%
140−150
+23.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
−25%
80−85
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−28.2%
150−160
+28.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
−26.6%
100−105
+26.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
−23%
75−80
+23%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−22.4%
60−65
+22.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−17.6%
40−45
+17.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−17.6%
40−45
+17.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−21.6%
45−50
+21.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−17.4%
27−30
+17.4%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−21.6%
45−50
+21.6%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−25%
230−240
+25%
Hitman 3 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−25%
85−90
+25%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−23%
75−80
+23%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
−28.4%
95−100
+28.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−27.9%
55−60
+27.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 160−170
−24.3%
210−220
+24.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−20.4%
65−70
+20.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
−25%
40−45
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−15.4%
30−33
+15.4%
Hitman 3 24−27
−15.4%
30−33
+15.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−26.6%
200−210
+26.6%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−28.2%
50−55
+28.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 42
−19%
50−55
+19%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−25%
55−60
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−19%
50−55
+19%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%

This is how Pro Vega 56 and RTX 5000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5000 is 20% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5000 is 23% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.06 41.46
Recency 14 August 2017 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 210 Watt 230 Watt

Pro Vega 56 has 9.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000, on the other hand, has a 29.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 56 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 56 is a mobile workstation card while Quadro RTX 5000 is a 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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