FirePro 2270 vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Place in the ranking	592	1282
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	27.85	1.67
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Vega Renoir	Cedar
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	7 January 2020 (5 years ago)	31 January 2011 (14 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	384	80
Core clock speed	400 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	4.800
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	8

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	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	512 MB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	9.6 GB/s
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

no data

1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	no data	4.4
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	N/A

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 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
1440p	22 +2100%	1−2 −2100%
4K	17 +1600%	1−2 −1600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	11	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Counter-Strike 2	9	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	9	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	26 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
Forza Horizon 5	16	0−1
Metro Exodus	14	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	22 +2100%	1−2 −2100%
Valorant	25 +2400%	1−2 −2400%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Counter-Strike 2	8	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3	0−1
Dota 2	24 +2300%	1−2 −2300%
Far Cry 5	26 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
Fortnite	35−40 +1700%	2−3 −1700%
Forza Horizon 4	21 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	15	0−1
Metro Exodus	14−16	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	39 +1850%	2−3 −1850%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Valorant	12	0−1
World of Tanks	56 +1767%	3−4 −1767%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Counter-Strike 2	7	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	0−1
Dota 2	40 +1900%	2−3 −1900%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +2700%	1−2 −2700%
Forza Horizon 4	18 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +1567%	3−4 −1567%
Valorant	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	6−7	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	7−8	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +1700%	2−3 −1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6	0−1
World of Tanks	40−45 +2100%	2−3 −2100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	0−1
Far Cry 5	12−14	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	10−12	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	9−10	0−1
Metro Exodus	7−8	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10	0−1
Valorant	16−18	0−1

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7	0−1
Dota 2	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	6−7	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Dota 2	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Far Cry 5	7−8	0−1
Fortnite	5−6	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	6−7	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	4−5	0−1
Valorant	6−7	0−1

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and FirePro 2270 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 2000% faster in 1080p
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 2100% faster in 1440p
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 1600% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.99	0.36
Recency	7 January 2020	31 January 2011
Chip lithography	7 nm	40 nm

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 1563.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro 2270 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while FirePro 2270 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.