AMD Radeon RX Vega vs AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega and AMD FirePro S9300 X2 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 - 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 RX Vega

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67658 vs 27971

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2017 vs 31 March 2016
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	67658 vs 27971

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

7.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 307.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 4096
Around 42% better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 9,830 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 4096
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 9,830 gflops

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

67658

27971

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	12297
PassMark - G2D Mark	882
Geekbench - OpenCL	67658	27971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8455

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.3	GCN 3.0
Code name	Greenland	Capsaicin
Launch date	1 April 2017	31 March 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$599.99	$5,999
Place in performance rating	238	852
Price now	$409.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	38.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	9,830 gflops	2x 6,963 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	307.2 GTexel / s	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count		8,900 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB / s	2x 512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	HBM
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5