Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.04
+416%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms R4 (Stoney Ridge) by a whopping 416% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5861070
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.615.35
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameVega RenoirStoney Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 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 cores384192
Core clock speed400 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1500 MHz600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

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 bus widthno data64 Bit
Shared memory++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (FL 12_0)

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.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 6.04
+416%
R4 (Stoney Ridge) 1.17

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 4210
+333%
R4 (Stoney Ridge) 973

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 2793
+379%
R4 (Stoney Ridge) 583

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 21857
+540%
R4 (Stoney Ridge) 3416

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 182608
+328%
R4 (Stoney Ridge) 42677

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 852
+316%
R4 (Stoney Ridge) 205

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 25
+204%
R4 (Stoney Ridge) 8

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 HD20
+122%
9
−122%
1440p28
+460%
5−6
−460%
4K20
+567%
3−4
−567%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
+267%
3−4
−267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
+220%
5−6
−220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14
+250%
4−5
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Hitman 3 11
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 97
+593%
14−16
−593%
Metro Exodus 23
+475%
4−5
−475%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
+340%
5
−340%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
+93.8%
30−35
−93.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
+200%
4−5
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Hitman 3 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
+421%
14−16
−421%
Metro Exodus 17
+467%
3−4
−467%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
+600%
2−3
−600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
+163%
8−9
−163%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+81.8%
10−12
−81.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50
+56.3%
30−35
−56.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Hitman 3 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
+125%
8−9
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+0%
10−12
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+59.4%
30−35
−59.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
+600%
2−3
−600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Hitman 3 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+700%
5−6
−700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5 0−1
Hitman 3 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 11
+450%
2−3
−450%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and R4 (Stoney Ridge) compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 122% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 460% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 567% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 4000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is ahead in 46 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.04 1.17
Recency 7 January 2020 1 June 2016
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 416.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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