AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile and AMD FirePro S9300 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	1 June 2018 vs 31 March 2016
Core clock speed	1138 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8917
Geekbench - OpenCL		27971

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Vega 10	Capsaicin
Launch date	1 June 2018	31 March 2016
Place in performance rating	134	852
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1301 MHz
Core clock speed	1138 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	8,900 million
Floating-point performance		2x 6,963 gflops
Pipelines		2x 4096
Texture fill rate		2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 4096 Bit
Memory type		HBM