AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs AMD Radeon RX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and AMD Radeon RX 560 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

AMD Radeon RX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5040 vs 3657
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 486
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8311 vs 6571
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8311 vs 6571

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5040 vs 3657
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8311 vs 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8311 vs 6571

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

3.6x more core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1200-1275 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60-80 Watt vs 100 Watt
2.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57671 vs 26669
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 1842
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1663
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 1842
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1663

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	57671 vs 26669
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688 vs 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 1663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688 vs 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 1663

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5040

3657

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

559

486

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26669

57671

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8311

6571

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1842

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1663

3352

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8311

6571

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1842

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1663

3352

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20	AMD Radeon RX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark	5040	3657
PassMark - G2D Mark	559	486
Geekbench - OpenCL	26669	57671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8311	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1842	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1663	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8311	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1842	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1663	3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	1774
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		257.062

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20	AMD Radeon RX 560
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Vega 12	Polaris 21
Launch date	14 November 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	483	513
Type	Workstation	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$99
Price now		$104.99
Value for money (0-100)		54.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz	1200-1275 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1090-1175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	60-80 Watt
Compute units		14/16
Floating-point performance		2.6 TFLOPs
Pipelines		1024
Pixel fill rate		20.40 GP/s
Render output units		16
Stream Processors		896/1024
Texture fill rate		81.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units		64
Transistor count		3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Bridgeless CrossFire
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	7000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		112 GB/s
Memory bus width		128 bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)