AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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. 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 Vega Frontier Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
  • Around 45% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2816
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 5,238 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 750 Watt
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 7957
  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76021 vs 43046
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 190.25 vs 106.585
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3611.018 vs 1878.403
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.789 vs 9.751
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 82.208
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 511.115
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12980 vs 9143
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12980 vs 9143
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 26 March 2014
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 2816
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops vs 5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 vs 7957
Geekbench - OpenCL 76021 vs 43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25 vs 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018 vs 1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789 vs 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 vs 82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 vs 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 vs 9143

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

  • 2.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 762 vs 750
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8219 vs 3718
  • 9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 32085 vs 3356
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8219 vs 3718
  • 9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 32085 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 762 vs 750
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8219 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 32085 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8219 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 32085 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13327
7957
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
750
762
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
76021
43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
190.25
106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3611.018
1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.789
9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
181.113
82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1373.944
511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12980
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12980
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
32085
Name AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition AMD FirePro W9100
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 7957
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 762
Geekbench - OpenCL 76021 43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018 1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 32085
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition AMD FirePro W9100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Vega 10 Hawaii
Launch date 27 June 2017 26 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Place in performance rating 198 191
Price now $999.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 1382 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops 5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 4096 2816
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s 163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 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
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 275 mm
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 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5