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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 is a dedicated graphics card for laptops. It was introduced as an option to the 2018 MacBook Pro. The graphics card offers 16 CUs (1024 shaders) and 4 GB HBM2 memory. The performance should be below the Radeon RX Vega M GL (1280 shaders) and therefore between a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega Series

Pro Vega 56 compare 3584 @ 1.25 GHz2048 Bit @ 786 MHz
Radeon Pro Vega 20 compare 1280 @ 0.82 - 1.28 GHz
Radeon Pro Vega 16 1024
CodenameVega Mobile
ArchitectureVega
Pipelines1024 - unified
Memory TypeHBM2
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
technology14 nm
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement15.11.2018

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
2443 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
2198 Points (4%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
29958 Points (28%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
56273 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
6902 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
7745 Points (7%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
10926 Points (13%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
10569 Points (8%)
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SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
77.9 fps (21%)
specvp13 snx-03 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
33.7 fps (4%)
specvp13 showcase-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
42.5 fps (7%)
specvp13 medical-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
14.7 fps (2%)
specvp13 maya-05 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
106.3 fps (12%)
specvp13 energy-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
4.1 fps (1%)
specvp13 creo-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
70.2 fps (10%)
specvp13 catia-05 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
104.9 fps (12%)
specvp13 3dsmax-06 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
64.2 fps (10%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
130.2 fps (8%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
65  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
50.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
43.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
103  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
99  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
75  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
72  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
38.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
ultra 1920x1080
27  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
X-Plane 11.116550.843.5
Dota 2 Reborn10399757238.4
The Witcher 327
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
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Class 3

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UHD Graphics 32EUs
UHD Graphics 750

Class 4

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

Klaus Hinum (Update: 2018-11-15)