Radeon RX 5300 vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with Radeon RX 5300, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.07

RX 5300 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 225% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking587284
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.8613.58
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameVega RenoirNavi 14
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (5 years ago)28 May 2020 (4 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 cores3841408
Core clock speed400 MHz1327 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1645 MHz
Number of transistorsno data6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data144.8
Floating-point processing powerno data4.632 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data88

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data180 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data3 GB
Memory bus widthno data96 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data168.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

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
−225%
65−70
+225%
1440p22
−218%
70−75
+218%
4K17
−224%
55−60
+224%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−221%
45−50
+221%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
−218%
35−40
+218%
Elden Ring 16−18
−213%
50−55
+213%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−216%
60−65
+216%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−221%
45−50
+221%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−200%
27−30
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 26
−208%
80−85
+208%
Metro Exodus 14
−221%
45−50
+221%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
−218%
70−75
+218%
Valorant 25
−220%
80−85
+220%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−216%
60−65
+216%
Counter-Strike 2 8
−200%
24−27
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3
−200%
9−10
+200%
Dota 2 24
−213%
75−80
+213%
Elden Ring 8
−200%
24−27
+200%
Far Cry 5 26
−208%
80−85
+208%
Fortnite 35−40
−206%
110−120
+206%
Forza Horizon 4 21
−210%
65−70
+210%
Grand Theft Auto V 15
−200%
45−50
+200%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−200%
45−50
+200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 39
−208%
120−130
+208%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−206%
55−60
+206%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−216%
60−65
+216%
Valorant 12
−192%
35−40
+192%
World of Tanks 56
−221%
180−190
+221%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−216%
60−65
+216%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−221%
45−50
+221%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%
Dota 2 40
−225%
130−140
+225%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−221%
90−95
+221%
Forza Horizon 4 18
−206%
55−60
+206%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
−220%
160−170
+220%
Valorant 19
−216%
60−65
+216%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Elden Ring 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−224%
120−130
+224%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
World of Tanks 40−45
−218%
140−150
+218%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−200%
27−30
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−208%
40−45
+208%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Valorant 16−18
−213%
50−55
+213%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
−224%
55−60
+224%
Elden Ring 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−224%
55−60
+224%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
−224%
55−60
+224%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−224%
55−60
+224%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Dota 2 19
−216%
60−65
+216%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Fortnite 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Valorant 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RX 5300 compete in popular games:

  • RX 5300 is 225% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5300 is 218% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5300 is 224% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.07 19.73
Recency 7 January 2020 28 May 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has 566.7% lower power consumption.

RX 5300, on the other hand, has a 225% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 months.

The Radeon RX 5300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon RX 5300 is a desktop one.


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