Radeon Pro 5500M vs Radeon Pro Vega 16

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon Pro Vega 16. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon Pro Vega 16. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon Pro Vega 16 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon Pro Vega 16 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon Pro 5500M or Radeon Pro Vega 16 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro 5500M Radeon Pro Vega 16
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 13% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro Vega 16.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is connected by PCIe 4.0 x8, and Radeon Pro Vega 16 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro Vega 16.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is build with Navi / RDNA architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 16 - with Vega.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M is manufactured by 7 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 16 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 9600 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 16.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 24−27
ultra / 1080p 21−24 14−16
QHD / 1440p 16−18 9−10
4K / 2160p 10−11 6−7
low / 720p 60−65 45−50
medium / 1080p 40−45 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than Radeon Pro Vega 16.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro 5500M Radeon Pro Vega 16
Architecture Navi / RDNA Vega
Code name Navi 14 Vega Mobile
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 13 November 2019 15 November 2018
Pipelines 1536 1024
Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1190 MHz
Transistor count 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 139.2 76.16
Memory bus width 128 Bit 1024 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 307.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.5 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Laptop size medium sized large
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