Radeon Vega 7 vs FirePro W4300
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro W4300 with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.
W4300 outperforms Vega 7 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 528 | 530 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 39 |
| Power efficiency | 10.46 | 11.56 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Bonaire | Cezanne |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 December 2015 (8 years ago) | 13 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | 448 |
| Core clock speed | 930 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | 9,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 44.64 | 53.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.428 TFLOPS | 1.702 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 48 | 28 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 171 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 21−24
−4.8%
| 22
+4.8%
|
| 1440p | 27−30
−3.7%
| 28
+3.7%
|
| 4K | 18−21
−11.1%
| 20
+11.1%
|
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.50 | 7.46 |
| Recency | 1 December 2015 | 13 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 45 Watt |
FirePro W4300 has a 0.5% higher aggregate performance score.
Vega 7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between FirePro W4300 and Radeon Vega 7.
Be aware that FirePro W4300 is a workstation card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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