AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 and AMD Radeon R9 FURY X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 928.6x more texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 268.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11300 vs 9580
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.678 vs 12.49
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 883.876 vs 857.575
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11925 vs 8673
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10411 vs 3361
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11925 vs 8673
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10411 vs 3361
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 March 2019 vs 24 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s vs 268.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 vs 9580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 vs 12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 vs 857.575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 vs 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 vs 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 vs 3361

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3072
  • 45.5x lower typical power consumption: 275 Watt vs 12500 million
  • Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 799 vs 784
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 155.307 vs 135.416
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3431.249 vs 3063.269
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8925 vs 3947
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8925 vs 3947
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 3072
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt vs 12500 million
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 799 vs 784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 155.307 vs 135.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3431.249 vs 3063.269
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8925 vs 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8925 vs 3947

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11300
9580
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.416
155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3063.269
3431.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.678
12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
883.876
857.575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
3361
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 9580
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 799
Geekbench - OpenCL 53780
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 155.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 3431.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 12.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 857.575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 8673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 8925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 3361
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 153.089
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5170

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

Essentials

Architecture Vega 10 PRO GCN 3.0
Code name Greenland Fiji
GCN generation GCN 5.0
Launch date 19 March 2019 24 June 2015
Place in performance rating 237 235
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series
Launch price (MSRP) $649

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 4096
Pixel fill rate 83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s 268.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12500 million 275 Watt
Compute units 64
Floating-point performance 8,602 gflops
Stream Processors 4096
Transistor count 8,900 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 191 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB/s 512 GB/s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective) 1050 MHz
Memory type HBM2 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)