Quadro RTX 5000 vs Radeon Pro Vega 64

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Vega 64 and Quadro RTX 5000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro Vega 64
2017
16 GB HBM2, 250 Watt
33.53

RTX 5000 outperforms Pro Vega 64 by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking15998
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data14.34
Power efficiency9.1912.36
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameVega 10TU104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores40963072
Core clock speed1250 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHz1815 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate345.6348.5
Floating-point processing power11.06 TFLOPS11.15 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs256192
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
Length267 mm267 mm
WidthIGP2-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 amount16 GB16 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed786 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth402.4 GB/s448.0 GB/s

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 outputs4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

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 64 33.53
RTX 5000 41.46
+23.7%

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 64 12920
RTX 5000 15975
+23.6%

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 64 71257
RTX 5000 102718
+44.2%

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 64 73720
RTX 5000 94213
+27.8%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.53 41.46
Recency 27 June 2017 13 August 2018
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 230 Watt

RTX 5000 has a 23.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 8.7% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 64 in performance tests.


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