AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs AMD FirePro S9050

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD FirePro S9050 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8870 vs 7062
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8870 vs 7062
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 585 vs 369
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 November 2018 vs 7 August 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8870 vs 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8870 vs 7062
PassMark - G2D Mark 585 vs 369

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

  • 3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 2400 MHz
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6260 vs 3586
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6260 vs 3586
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13032 vs 3359
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13032 vs 3359
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4901 vs 4809
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6260 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6260 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13032 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13032 vs 3359
PassMark - G3D Mark 4901 vs 4809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9050

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8870
7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8870
7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3586
6260
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3586
6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
13032
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
13032
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
585
369
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4809
4901
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 AMD FirePro S9050
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8870 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8870 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3586 6260
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3586 6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 13032
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 13032
Geekbench - OpenCL 22421
PassMark - G2D Mark 585 369
PassMark - G3D Mark 4809 4901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1463.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 91.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 344.551

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 AMD FirePro S9050

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Vega 12 Tahiti
Launch date 14 November 2018 7 August 2014
Place in performance rating 360 362
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1190 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops
Pipelines 1792
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory clock speed 2400 MHz 5500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory type GDDR5