AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. 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.

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
4.8x more core clock speed: 1448 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1190 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38172 vs 22421
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 8870
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3617 vs 3586
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 8870
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3617 vs 3586

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 14 November 2018
Core clock speed	1448 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	38172 vs 22421
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617 vs 3586

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4809 vs 3166
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 585 vs 336

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	585 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

4809

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

585

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38172

22421

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

8870

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3586

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

8870

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3586

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3359

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	4809
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	585
Geekbench - OpenCL	38172	22421
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 5.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	14 November 2018
Place in performance rating	368	367
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Code name		Vega 12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1190 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1448 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s
Transistor count	6400 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory type	GDDR6
Memory clock speed		2400 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6