AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1156 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • 2015.9x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
  • Around 27% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2816
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 750 Watt
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13296 vs 7987
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 752
  • 3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 43046
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 184.405 vs 106.585
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.606 vs 9.751
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1022.925 vs 511.115
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 9143
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 9143
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 26 March 2014
Core clock speed 1156 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2816
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13296 vs 7987
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 vs 752
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 184.405 vs 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.606 vs 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 vs 511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 vs 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 vs 9143

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

  • 498.9x better floating-point performance: 5,238 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1878.403 vs 1765.06
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 82.208 vs 79.32
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8219 vs 3717
  • 9.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 32085 vs 3361
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8219 vs 3717
  • 9.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 32085 vs 3361
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 5,238 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1878.403 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.208 vs 79.32
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8219 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 32085 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8219 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 32085 vs 3361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13296
7987
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
774
752
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
163998
43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
184.405
106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1765.06
1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.606
9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.32
82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.925
511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14462
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
32085
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD FirePro W9100
PassMark - G3D Mark 13296 7987
PassMark - G2D Mark 774 752
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 184.405 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1765.06 1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.606 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.32 82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14462 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14462 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 32085
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6875

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD FirePro W9100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Vega 10 Hawaii
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date 14 August 2017 26 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 211 190
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1471 MHz
Compute units 56
Core clock speed 1156 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs 5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3584 2816
Pixel fill rate 94.00 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 3584
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s 163.7 GTexel / s
Texture Units 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 750 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore