AMD Radeon RX 5600 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 and AMD Radeon RX Vega videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1130 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 650.1x more texture fill rate: 199.7 GTexel/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 6.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14115 vs 2094
  • 6.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14115 vs 2094
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7991 vs 2391
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7991 vs 2391
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 19735 vs 8455
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 19735 vs 8455
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed 1130 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1560 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.7 GTexel/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14115 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14115 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7991 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7991 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 19735 vs 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 19735 vs 8455

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • 2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67658 vs 60737
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 700
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 11910
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 2048
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 67658 vs 60737
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 700
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 vs 11910

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
60737
67658
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
700
882
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11910
12297
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14115
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14115
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7991
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7991
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19735
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19735
8455
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600 AMD Radeon RX Vega
Geekbench - OpenCL 60737 67658
PassMark - G2D Mark 700 882
PassMark - G3D Mark 11910 12297
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14115 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14115 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7991 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7991 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 19735 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 19735 8455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1292.989

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 1.3
Code name Navi 10 Greenland
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 1 April 2017
Place in performance rating 125 238
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599.99
Price now $409.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1200 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 1130 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2048 4096
Pixel fill rate 99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.7 GTexel/s 307.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2