Radeon Pro Vega II vs Pro Duo

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Duo and Radeon Pro Vega II, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro Duo
2016
8 GB High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), 350 Watt
21.23

Pro Vega II outperforms Pro Duo by an impressive 91% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking259100
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.5016.43
Power efficiency4.165.84
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameCapsaicinVega 20
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date26 April 2016 (8 years ago)3 June 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $2,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega II has 265% better value for money than Pro Duo.

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 cores40964096
Compute units128no data
Core clock speedno data1574 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1720 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million13,230 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt475 Watt
Texture fill rate256.0440.3
Floating-point processing power8.192 TFLOPS14.09 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs256256

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Apple MPX
Length277 mmno data
Width2-slotQuad-slot
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pinNone

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 typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB32 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz806 MHz
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s825.3 GB/s

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.0b, 4x Thunderbolt
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
Enduro+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.06.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan+1.3
Mantle+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

Pro Duo 21.23
Pro Vega II 40.47
+90.6%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Pro Duo 8183
Pro Vega II 15596
+90.6%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.23 40.47
Recency 26 April 2016 3 June 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 475 Watt

Pro Duo has 35.7% lower power consumption.

Pro Vega II, on the other hand, has a 90.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro Vega II is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Duo in performance tests.


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