FirePro D500 vs Radeon RX Vega M GL

Place in the ranking	455	427
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.45	2.72
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 22	Tahiti
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	1 February 2018 (6 years ago)	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)

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	1280	1536
Core clock speed	931 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,000 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	274 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.88	69.60
Floating-point processing power	2.588 TFLOPS	2.227 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	80	96

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	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	279 mm
Width	no data	2-slot

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	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1270 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	243.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

No outputs

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

24−27

−3.8%

27−30
+3.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

24−27

−3.8%

27−30
+3.8%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

7−8

+0%

7−8
+0%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.88	10.84
Recency	1 February 2018	18 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	274 Watt

RX Vega M GL has an age advantage of 4 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 321.5% lower power consumption.

FirePro D500, on the other hand, has a 9.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon RX Vega M GL and FirePro D500.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL is a notebook card while FirePro D500 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.