Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs Radeon R9 Nano

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon Pro Vega 48 and Radeon R9 Nano, 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 48 stacks up against Radeon R9 Nano, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro Vega 48

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Main Specs

	Radeon Pro Vega 48	Radeon R9 Nano
Power consumption (TDP)		175 Watt
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Memory type	HBM2	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
Radeon Pro Vega 48 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 Nano.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon Pro Vega 48 is build with GCN 5.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 Nano - with GCN 1.2.
Radeon Pro Vega 48 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 Nano - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro Vega 48 is 1072 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Nano.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	55−60	50−55
ultra / 1080p	35−40	35−40
QHD / 1440p	30−35	27−30
4K / 2160p	18−20	16−18
low / 720p	80−85	80−85
medium / 1080p	65−70	60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
high / 1080p	85−90	80−85
ultra / 1080p	75−80	70−75
QHD / 1440p	60−65	55−60
4K / 2160p	30−35	30−33
low / 720p	140−150	130−140
medium / 1080p	95−100	90−95
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in Battlefield 5 is 6% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
low / 768p	45−50	45−50
Radeon Pro Vega 48 and Radeon R9 Nano have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	250−260	250−260
medium / 768p	230−240	230−240
QHD / 1440p	150−160	150−160
4K / 2160p	100−110	100−110
high / 768p	220−230	220−230
Radeon Pro Vega 48 and Radeon R9 Nano have the same average FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
low / 768p	70−75	70−75
medium / 1080p	50−55	50−55
Radeon Pro Vega 48 and Radeon R9 Nano have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p	120−130	120−130
medium / 768p	110−120	110−120
ultra / 1080p	110−120	110−120
Radeon Pro Vega 48 and Radeon R9 Nano have the same average FPS in Dota 2.
high / 1080p	70−75	65−70
ultra / 1080p	65−70	60−65
QHD / 1440p	45−50	40−45
4K / 2160p	24−27	21−24
low / 720p	100−110	100−110
medium / 1080p	75−80	70−75
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in Far Cry 5 is 4% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
high / 1080p	100−110	95−100
ultra / 1080p	80−85	75−80
QHD / 1440p	50−55	45−50
4K / 2160p	21−24	21−24
low / 720p	230−240	220−230
medium / 1080p	150−160	150−160
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in Fortnite is 3% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
high / 1080p	95−100	85−90
ultra / 1080p	75−80	70−75
QHD / 1440p	55−60	50−55
4K / 2160p	35−40	35−40
low / 720p	140−150	140−150
medium / 1080p	100−110	95−100
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in Forza Horizon 4 is 4% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
low / 768p	160−170	160−170
medium / 768p	150−160	150−160
high / 1080p	100−110	100−110
ultra / 1080p	55−60	50−55
QHD / 1440p	45−50	40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in Grand Theft Auto V is 1% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
high / 1080p	40−45	40−45
ultra / 1080p	35−40	30−35
QHD / 1440p	27−30	24−27
4K / 2160p	16−18	14−16
low / 720p	100−110	95−100
medium / 1080p	55−60	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in Metro Exodus is 6% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
low / 768p	120−130	120−130
Radeon Pro Vega 48 and Radeon R9 Nano have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
high / 1080p	90−95	80−85
ultra / 1080p	65−70	55−60
4K / 2160p	18−20	18−20
low / 720p	130−140	120−130
medium / 1080p	100−110	90−95
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 10% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
high / 1080p	40−45	35−40
ultra / 1080p	27−30	24−27
QHD / 1440p	20−22	18−20
4K / 2160p	12−14	12−14
low / 720p	100−110	95−100
medium / 1080p	60−65	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 9% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
low / 768p	200−210	190−200
medium / 768p	140−150	130−140
high / 1080p	80−85	75−80
ultra / 1080p	45−50	40−45
4K / 2160p	30−33	27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 7% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.
low / 768p	140−150	130−140
ultra / 1080p	70−75	65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 48 in World of Tanks is 6% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.

Full Specs

	Radeon Pro Vega 48	Radeon R9 Nano
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.2
Code name	Vega 10	Fiji
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	19 March 2019	10 September 2015
Pipelines	3072	4096
Core clock speed	1200 MHz
Boost Clock	1300 MHz	1000 MHz
Transistor count	12,500 million	8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	249.6	256.0
Floating-point performance		8,192 gflops
Length		152 mm
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	1572 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	512 GB/s
Shared memory		-
DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.125	+
FreeSync		+
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
HDMI		+
Eyefinity		+
HD3D		+
PowerTune		+
TrueAudio		+
ZeroCore		+
Mantle		+
Design		reference
Bridgeless CrossFire		+
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
DisplayPort support		+
CrossFire		+
VCE		+
DDMA audio		+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)		30 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)		295 Sol/s
Compute units		64
AppAcceleration		+
High bandwidth memory (HBM)		+
LiquidVR		+
TressFX		+
FRTC		+
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Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs Radeon R9 Nano

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