Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs FirePro S10000 Passive
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 190 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 9.82 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 12 November 2012 (13 years ago) | 19 March 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,599 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3584 ×2 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 950 MHz | 1468 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 750 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 106.4 ×2 | 375.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.405 TFLOPS ×2 | 12.03 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 64 |
| TMUs | 112 ×2 | 256 |
| L1 Cache | 448 KB | 1 MB |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 4 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 305 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |
VRAM capacity and type
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 ×2 | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit ×2 | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 480 GB/s ×2 | 512.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D 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 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 November 2012 | 19 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 750 Watt | 250 Watt |
Pro Vega 64X has an age advantage of 6 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S10000 Passive and Radeon Pro Vega 64X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro S10000 Passive is a workstation graphics card while Radeon Pro Vega 64X is a mobile workstation one.
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