AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs AMD FirePro D500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and AMD FirePro D500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

AMD FirePro D500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
27.4x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 274 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 18 January 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 274 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 98% higher texture fill rate: 69.6 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 1536 vs 512
Around 98% better floating-point performance: 2,227 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
6.4x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 98% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17662 vs 8941
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3157
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3157

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17662 vs 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8941

17662

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3349

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	AMD FirePro D500
PassMark - G2D Mark	391
PassMark - G3D Mark	1487
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941	17662
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6020

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	AMD FirePro D500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega	Tahiti
Launch date	24 November 2017	18 January 2014
Place in performance rating	664	666
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops	2,227 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1536
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	274 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	4,313 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		279 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
API support
DirectX		12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL		4.5