AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X and AMD FirePro W9100 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: 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).

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

AMD FirePro W9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 930 MHz
2306.7x more texture fill rate: 377.6 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Around 45% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2816
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 750 Watt
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13123 vs 9143
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13123 vs 9143
Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75438 vs 43046
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 839 vs 747
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13369 vs 7580

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2017 vs 26 March 2014
Core clock speed	1250 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	377.6 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 2816
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13123 vs 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13123 vs 9143
Geekbench - OpenCL	75438 vs 43046
PassMark - G2D Mark	839 vs 747
PassMark - G3D Mark	13369 vs 7580

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

6.4x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8219 vs 3715
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8219 vs 3715
9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 32085 vs 3357
9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 32085 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8219 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8219 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	32085 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	32085 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13123

9143

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13123

9143

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

8219

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

8219

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

32085

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

32085

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

75438

43046

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

839

747

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13369

7580

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X	AMD FirePro W9100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13123	9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13123	9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	8219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	32085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	32085
Geekbench - OpenCL	75438	43046
PassMark - G2D Mark	839	747
PassMark - G3D Mark	13369	7580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.115

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X	AMD FirePro W9100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Hawaii
Launch date	23 June 2017	26 March 2014
Place in performance rating	199	201
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1475 MHz
Compute units	64
Core clock speed	1250 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	755.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	24.17 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.08 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	2816
Pixel fill rate	94.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	377.6 GTexel/s	163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	750 Watt
Transistor count	12500 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,238 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)	5000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)