Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs FirePro D300
Aggregated performance score
Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms FirePro D300 by 40% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 421 | 350 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 3.96 | 14.39 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Vega (2017−2021) |
| GPU code name | Pitcairn | Vega Mobile |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years old) | 15 November 2018 (5 years old) |
| Current price | $260 | $360 |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Pro Vega 20 has 263% better value for money than FirePro D300.
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1280 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 815 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1283 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 | 102.6 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,176 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on FirePro D300 and Radeon Pro Vega 20 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 242 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 1024 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5080 MHz | 1480 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 162.6 GB/s | 189.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms FirePro D300 by 40% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms FirePro D300 by 39% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms FirePro D300 by 46% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 40−45
−52.5%
| 61
+52.5%
|
| 4K | 27−30
−51.9%
| 41
+51.9%
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Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 9.79 | 13.68 |
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 15 November 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 100 Watt |
The Radeon Pro Vega 20 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D300 in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro D300 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro Vega 20 is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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