Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs Pro W5700

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro W5700 with Radeon Pro Vega 48, including specs and performance data.

Pro W5700
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 205 Watt
38.42
+31%

Pro W5700 outperforms Pro Vega 48 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking120193
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.38no data
Power efficiency12.85no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 10Vega 10
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date19 November 2019 (5 years ago)19 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

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 cores23043072
Core clock speed1243 MHz1200 MHz
Boost clock speed1930 MHz1300 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)205 Wattno data
Texture fill rate277.9249.6
Floating-point processing power8.893 TFLOPS7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs144192

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 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length305 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz786 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s402.4 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 Connectors5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125

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 W5700 38.42
+31%
Pro Vega 48 29.32

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 W5700 14804
+31%
Pro Vega 48 11299

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 38.42 29.32
Recency 19 November 2019 19 March 2019
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm

Pro W5700 has a 31% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro W5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 48 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro W5700 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 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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