Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs FirePro W9000

Primary Details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	314	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	3.15	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Vega Mobile
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	14 June 2012 (11 years ago)	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,999	no data
Current price	$877 (0.2x MSRP)	$731

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

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	1792
Core clock speed	975 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,313 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	90 Watt
Texture fill rate	124.8	no data
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on FirePro W9000 and Radeon RX Vega Mobile 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	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data

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	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and Outputs

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 data
StereoOutput3D	1	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12_1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	14 June 2012	7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	90 Watt

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