AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs AMD Radeon RX 480

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon RX 480 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

AMD Radeon RX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt

Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 29 June 2016
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

3.7x more core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 1190 MHz
2.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11172 vs 8870
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11172 vs 8870
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 3586
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 vs 3586
Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39579 vs 22421
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 585
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8585 vs 4809

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3359
Geekbench - OpenCL	39579 vs 22421
PassMark - G2D Mark	774 vs 585
PassMark - G3D Mark	8585 vs 4809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8870

11172

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8870

11172

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3586

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3586

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3361

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

22421

39579

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

585

774

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4809

8585

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	AMD Radeon RX 480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8870	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8870	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3586	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3586	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3361
Geekbench - OpenCL	22421	39579
PassMark - G2D Mark	585	774
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809	8585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		597.772
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		968

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	AMD Radeon RX 480
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Vega 12	Ellesmere
Launch date	14 November 2018	29 June 2016
Place in performance rating	367	365
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$299.99
Value for money (0-100)		39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz	1266 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		5.8 TFLOPs
GPU Power		110 Watt
Pipelines		2304
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		182.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count		5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		n / a
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	7000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		224 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore