AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 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.

 

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 43% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38172 vs 26669
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 8311
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3617 vs 1842
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 1663
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 8311
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3617 vs 1842
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 1663
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 26669
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 vs 8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3617 vs 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 vs 1663
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 vs 8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3617 vs 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 vs 1663

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5040 vs 3166
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 336
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5040 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 vs 336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3166
5040
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
559
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
38172
26669
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
1663
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11058
8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3617
1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
1663
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
PassMark - G3D Mark 3166 5040
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 559
Geekbench - OpenCL 38172 26669
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11058 8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3617 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 1663
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11058 8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3617 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 1663
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4223 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500M AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 5.0
Launch date 7 Oct 2019 14 November 2018
Place in performance rating 368 483
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) 100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Supplementary power connectors 1 x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm

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