AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X 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 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1475 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 17.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 vs 23 June 2017
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Boost clock speed 1845 MHz vs 1475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 377.6 GTexel/s vs 162.4 GTexel/s
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1408
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14631 vs 9164
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 948 vs 785
  • Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75438 vs 44850
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13123 vs 11075
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13123 vs 11075
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 377.6 GTexel/s vs 162.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4096 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14631 vs 9164
PassMark - G2D Mark 948 vs 785
Geekbench - OpenCL 75438 vs 44850
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13123 vs 11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13123 vs 11075

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9164
14631
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
785
948
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
44850
75438
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
13123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
13123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3357
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X
PassMark - G3D Mark 9164 14631
PassMark - G2D Mark 785 948
Geekbench - OpenCL 44850 75438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075 13123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 13123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4889

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 14 Vega 10
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 23 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 288 172
Type Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz 1475 MHz
Compute units 22 64
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 1250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 324.7 GFLOPS (1:16) 755.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.39 TFLOPS (2:1) 24.17 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.196 TFLOPS 12.08 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 4096
Pixel fill rate 59.04 GPixel/s 94.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s 377.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 12500 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 None
Width Dual-slot

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 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)