Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs Radeon RX 5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon Pro Vega 20 and Radeon RX 5500M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon Pro Vega 20 stacks up against Radeon RX 5500M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro Vega 20 and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Radeon Pro Vega 20 and Radeon RX 5500M 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 Vega 20 or Radeon RX 5500M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro Vega 20 Radeon RX 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Memory type HBM2 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 has 17% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500M.
  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 and Radeon RX 5500M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon RX 5500M - in Laptops.
  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 is build with Vega architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 512 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
  • Radeon Pro Vega 20 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 12520 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 21−24
ultra / 1080p 21−24 12−14
QHD / 1440p 16−18 7−8
4K / 2160p 10−11 5−6
low / 720p 60−65 40−45
medium / 1080p 40−45 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 20 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than Radeon RX 5500M.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro Vega 20 Radeon RX 5500M
Architecture Vega Navi / RDNA
Code name Vega Mobile Navi 14 / R19M-E85
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 15 November 2018 29 September 2019
Pipelines 1280 1408
Core clock speed 815 MHz 1327 MHz
Boost Clock 1283 MHz 1645 MHz
Transistor count 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 102.6 144.8
Memory bus width 1024 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1480 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 189.4 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.3 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Laptop size large medium sized
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