Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs FirePro W5000

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking518not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.37no data
Power efficiency7.42no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code namePitcairnVega 10
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)1 June 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores7683584
Core clock speed825 MHz1138 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1301 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate39.60291.4
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS9.326 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs48224

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length183 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s409.6 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2012 1 June 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

FirePro W5000 has 60% lower power consumption.

RX Vega 56 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5000 and Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5000 is a workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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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