Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs FirePro D700
Aggregated performance score
Radeon Pro Vega 48 outperforms FirePro D700 by 111% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 347 | 177 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 5.04 | 25.40 |
Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
GPU code name | Tahiti | Vega 10 |
Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years old) | 19 March 2019 (5 years old) |
Current price | $413 | $671 |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Pro Vega 48 has 404% better value for money than FirePro D700.
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 | 2048 | 3072 |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 1200 MHz |
Boost clock speed | no data | 1300 MHz |
Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 12,500 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | no data |
Texture fill rate | 108.8 | 249.6 |
Floating-point performance | 3,482 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on FirePro D700 and Radeon Pro Vega 48 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.
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 279 mm | no data |
Width | 2-slot | no data |
Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 2048 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5480 MHz | 1572 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 263.0 GB/s | 402.4 GB/s |
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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | 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 | 6.4 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.125 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 13.83 | 29.17 |
Recency | 18 January 2014 | 19 March 2019 |
Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
The Radeon Pro Vega 48 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D700 in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro D700 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 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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