FirePro D500 vs Radeon RX Vega 64

Place in performance ranking	116	395
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	55.19	2.78
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Vega	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	14 August 2017 (6 years ago)	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data
Current price	$125 (0.3x MSRP)	$475

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 64 has 1885% better value for money than FirePro D500.

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	4096	1536
Core clock speed	1630 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1546 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	12,500 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	274 Watt
Texture fill rate	395.8	69.60
Floating-point performance	13,353 gflops	2,227 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	279 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	HBM2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	945 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	243.8 GB/s
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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2.131

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	116 +287%	30−35 −287%
1440p	75 +257%	21−24 −257%
4K	47 +292%	12−14 −292%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
+261%

18−20

−261%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	81 +286%	21−24 −286%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	83 +295%	21−24 −295%
Battlefield 5	186 +272%	50−55 −272%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	68 +278%	18−20 −278%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +261%	18−20 −261%
Far Cry 5	112 +273%	30−33 −273%
Far Cry New Dawn	108 +260%	30−33 −260%
Forza Horizon 4	167 +271%	45−50 −271%
Hitman 3	84 +250%	24−27 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	167 +271%	45−50 −271%
Metro Exodus	144 +260%	40−45 −260%
Red Dead Redemption 2	116 +287%	30−33 −287%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	202 +267%	55−60 −267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100 +270%	27−30 −270%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	68 +278%	18−20 −278%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	69 +283%	18−20 −283%
Battlefield 5	170 +278%	45−50 −278%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65 +261%	18−20 −261%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +261%	18−20 −261%
Far Cry 5	86 +258%	24−27 −258%
Far Cry New Dawn	93 +288%	24−27 −288%
Forza Horizon 4	294 +268%	80−85 −268%
Hitman 3	77 +267%	21−24 −267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	293 +266%	80−85 −266%
Metro Exodus	116 +287%	30−33 −287%
Red Dead Redemption 2	103 +281%	27−30 −281%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	164 +264%	45−50 −264%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	132 +277%	35−40 −277%
Watch Dogs: Legion	247 +253%	70−75 −253%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	51 +264%	14−16 −264%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +275%	16−18 −275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	54 +286%	14−16 −286%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +261%	18−20 −261%
Far Cry 5	67 +272%	18−20 −272%
Forza Horizon 4	128 +266%	35−40 −266%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100 +270%	27−30 −270%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	143 +258%	40−45 −258%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	77 +267%	21−24 −267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	54 +286%	14−16 −286%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

89
+271%

24−27

−271%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +294%	18−20 −294%
Far Cry New Dawn	93 +288%	24−27 −288%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +300%	10−11 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +292%	12−14 −292%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	69 +283%	18−20 −283%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +263%	8−9 −263%
Far Cry 5	81 +286%	21−24 −286%
Forza Horizon 4	98 +263%	27−30 −263%
Hitman 3	50 +257%	14−16 −257%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80 +281%	21−24 −281%
Metro Exodus	79 +276%	21−24 −276%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100 +270%	27−30 −270%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +279%	14−16 −279%
Watch Dogs: Legion	38 +280%	10−11 −280%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

62
+288%

16−18

−288%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	59 +269%	16−18 −269%
Far Cry New Dawn	36 +260%	10−11 −260%
Hitman 3	38 +280%	10−11 −280%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +292%	12−14 −292%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32 +256%	9−10 −256%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	48 +300%	12−14 −300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	29 +263%	8−9 −263%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	28 +250%	8−9 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	25 +257%	7−8 −257%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Far Cry 5	27 +286%	7−8 −286%
Forza Horizon 4	66 +267%	18−20 −267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	52 +271%	14−16 −271%
Metro Exodus	45 +275%	12−14 −275%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21 +250%	6−7 −250%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+288%

8−9
−288%

This is how RX Vega 64 and FirePro D500 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 64 is 287% faster in 1080p
RX Vega 64 is 257% faster in 1440p
RX Vega 64 is 292% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	37.18	10.73
Recency	14 August 2017	18 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	274 Watt