AMD Radeon VII vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon VII and AMD Radeon Pro Duo 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.

AMD Radeon VII

AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon VII

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16690 vs 8137
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 786 vs 745
Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89406 vs 53806
Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 206.353 vs 141.474
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 3621.344
Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 13.132
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11724 vs 10141
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11724 vs 10141

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 February 2019 vs 26 April 2016
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16690 vs 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark	786 vs 745
Geekbench - OpenCL	89406 vs 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	206.353 vs 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4659.199 vs 3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.606 vs 13.132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11724 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11724 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3713

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

5.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 432.24 GT/s
2.1x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 3840
Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 112.973 vs 69.256
Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 799.933 vs 499.927
11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 38251 vs 3360
11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 38251 vs 3360

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 432.24 GT/s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 3840
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	112.973 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	799.933 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	38251 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	38251 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon VII
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Duo

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16690

8137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

786

745

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

89406

53806

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

206.353

141.474

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4659.199

3621.344

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.606

13.132

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

69.256

112.973

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

499.927

799.933

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11724

10141

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

38251

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11724

10141

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

38251

Name	AMD Radeon VII	AMD Radeon Pro Duo
PassMark - G3D Mark	16690	8137
PassMark - G2D Mark	786	745
Geekbench - OpenCL	89406	53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	206.353	141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4659.199	3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.606	13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	69.256	112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	499.927	799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11724	10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11724	10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9292	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon VII	AMD Radeon Pro Duo
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.1	GCN 3.0
Code name	Vega 20	Capsaicin
Design	AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega	reference
GCN generation	5th Gen
Launch date	7 February 2019	26 April 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$1,499
Place in performance rating	214	188
Price now	$699.99	$849
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	32.74	17.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	60	128
Core clock speed	1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines	3840	2x 4096
Pixel fill rate	115.26 GP/s
Stream Processors	3840
Texture fill rate	432.24 GT/s	2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	13,230 million	8,900 million
Floating-point performance		2x 8,192 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	305 mm	277 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 W
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	3x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0	DirectX® 12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	1024 GB/s	512 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
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
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR