Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs Pro W5700

Place in the ranking	120	173
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	44.38	44.70
Power efficiency	12.85	10.47
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Navi 10	Vega 10
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	19 November 2019 (5 years ago)	14 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 56 has 1% better value for money than Pro W5700.

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	2304	3584
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	1930 MHz	1250 MHz
Number of transistors	10,300 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	210 Watt
Texture fill rate	277.9	280.0
Floating-point processing power	8.893 TFLOPS	8.96 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	144	224

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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	GDDR6	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	786 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	402.4 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 Connectors	5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.125

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
+19.8%

Pro Vega 56 32.06

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
+19.8%

Pro Vega 56 12353

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	110−120 +10%	100 −10%
4K	70−75 +14.8%	61 −14.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	7.26	3.99
4K	11.41	6.54

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Hitman 3	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Hitman 3	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Hitman 3	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	64 +0%	64 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

75−80

+0%

75−80

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Hitman 3	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	42 +0%	42 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

+0%

27−30

+0%

This is how Pro W5700 and Pro Vega 56 compete in popular games:

Pro W5700 is 10% faster in 1080p
Pro W5700 is 15% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	38.42	32.06
Recency	19 November 2019	14 August 2017
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	210 Watt

Pro W5700 has a 19.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 2.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro W5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 56 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro W5700 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro Vega 56 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.