AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 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: 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 - Video Composition (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).

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 345.6 GTexel / s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 1572 MHz vs 1210 MHz
54.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12891 vs 236
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 797 vs 653

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	1250 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	345.6 GTexel / s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1572 MHz vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12891 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	797 vs 653

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12891

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

797

653

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	12891	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	797	653
Geekbench - OpenCL	71273
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Curie
Code name	Vega 10	G71
Launch date	27 June 2017	24 April 2006
Place in performance rating	229	230
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz
Core clock speed	1250 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	11,059 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	4096
Texture fill rate	345.6 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB / s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1572 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR3