AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1300 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 96.2x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 12500 million
  • 17.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.328 vs 12.678
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 vs 19 March 2019
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Boost clock speed 1845 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 12500 million
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 vs 12.678

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

  • Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 162.4 GTexel/s
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 3072 vs 1408
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11300 vs 9164
  • Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53429 vs 44855
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 135.416 vs 128.135
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3063.269 vs 2024.814
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 883.876 vs 742.778
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11925 vs 11075
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3947 vs 3722
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10411 vs 3367
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11925 vs 11075
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3947 vs 3722
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10411 vs 3367
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s vs 162.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3072 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 vs 9164
Geekbench - OpenCL 53429 vs 44855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 vs 128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 vs 2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 vs 742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 vs 11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 vs 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 vs 11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 vs 3367

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9164
11300
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
784
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
44855
53429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
128.135
135.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2024.814
3063.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.328
12.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
742.778
883.876
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
11925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
10411
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
11925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
10411
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
PassMark - G3D Mark 9164 11300
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 784
Geekbench - OpenCL 44855 53429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135 135.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814 3063.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 12.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 742.778 883.876
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075 11925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 10411
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 11925
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 10411
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4894

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Vega 10 PRO
Code name Navi 14 Greenland
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 19 March 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 288 228
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
GCN generation GCN 5.0

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz 1300 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 324.7 GFLOPS (1:16) 499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.39 TFLOPS (2:1) 15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.196 TFLOPS 7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 3072
Pixel fill rate 59.04 GPixel/s 83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s 249.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 12500 million
Transistor count 6400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 402.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2048 bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)