Radeon Pro 5500M vs RX Vega M GL

Place in the ranking	450	319
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.75	14.32
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 22	Navi 14
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 February 2018 (7 years ago)	13 November 2019 (5 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 cores	1280	1536
Core clock speed	931 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	1450 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.88	139.2
Floating-point processing power	2.588 TFLOPS	4.454 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	80	96

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	192.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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 M GL 9.81

Pro 5500M 17.09
+74.2%

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.

RX Vega M GL 3894

Pro 5500M 6784
+74.2%

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	30−35 −93.3%	58 +93.3%
1440p	30−35 −96.7%	59 +96.7%
4K	18−20 −83.3%	33 +83.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Fortnite	55−60 −69.5%	100−105 +69.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 −66.7%	130−140 +66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Dota 2	35−40 −131%	83 +131%
Fortnite	55−60 −62.7%	95−100 +62.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	35−40 −91.7%	69 +91.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 +1.3%	77 −1.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −77.4%	55−60 +77.4%
World of Tanks	140−150 −43.4%	208 +43.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Dota 2	35−40 −197%	107 +197%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 −56.4%	120−130 +56.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −61.3%	50−55 +61.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

55−60
−69.5%

100−105

+69.5%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 −25%	25 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −25%	25 +25%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2	21−24 −157%	54 +157%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −72.4%	50−55 +72.4%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

10−12

−63.6%

18−20
+63.6%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	41 +0%	41 +0%
Metro Exodus	67 +0%	67 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75 +0%	75 +0%
Valorant	85 +0%	85 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12 +0%	12 +0%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	46 +0%	46 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	76 +0%	76 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	28 +0%	28 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	35 +0%	35 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	35 +0%	35 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	107 +0%	107 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
World of Tanks	118 +0%	118 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	49 +0%	49 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	41 +0%	41 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	22 +0%	22 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Dota 2	25 +0%	25 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	59 +0%	59 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
World of Tanks	71 +0%	71 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	25 +0%	25 +0%
Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	15 +0%	15 +0%

This is how RX Vega M GL and Pro 5500M compete in popular games:

Pro 5500M is 93% faster in 1080p
Pro 5500M is 97% faster in 1440p
Pro 5500M is 83% faster in 4K

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega M GL is 1% faster.
in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 5500M is 197% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega M GL is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Pro 5500M is ahead in 10 tests (15%)
there's a draw in 54 tests (83%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.81	17.09
Recency	1 February 2018	13 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	85 Watt

RX Vega M GL has 30.8% lower power consumption.

Pro 5500M, on the other hand, has a 74.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 5500M 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.