Radeon Pro W5500M vs RX Vega 9

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 9 with Radeon Pro W5500M, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 9
2017
15 Watt
5.54
+6.3%

RX Vega 9 outperforms Pro W5500M by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking601614
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.104.50
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeNavi 14
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)10 February 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 cores5761408
Core clock speedno data1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1300 MHz1450 MHz
Number of transistorsno data6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rateno data127.6
Floating-point processing powerno data4.083 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
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 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 dataNo outputs

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 HD18
+12.5%
16−18
−12.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+20%
30−33
−20%
Hitman 3 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+16.7%
30−33
−16.7%
Metro Exodus 21
+16.7%
18−20
−16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+11.1%
18−20
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+8.9%
45−50
−8.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+20%
30−33
−20%
Hitman 3 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+16.7%
30−33
−16.7%
Metro Exodus 16
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+11.1%
18−20
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+8.9%
45−50
−8.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+20%
30−33
−20%
Hitman 3 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+16.7%
30−33
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+11.1%
18−20
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+8.9%
45−50
−8.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Hitman 3 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+20%
30−33
−20%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

This is how RX Vega 9 and Pro W5500M compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 9 is 13% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.54 5.21
Recency 26 October 2017 10 February 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 85 Watt

RX Vega 9 has a 6.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 466.7% lower power consumption.

Pro W5500M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon RX Vega 9 and Radeon Pro W5500M.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro W5500M is a mobile workstation one.


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