FirePro D500 vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with FirePro D500, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.04

D500 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by an impressive 79% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking580422
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.892.74
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameVega RenoirTahiti
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)18 January 2014 (10 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 cores3841536
Core clock speed400 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt274 Watt
Texture fill rateno data69.60
Floating-point processing powerno data2.227 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data96

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data279 mm
Widthno data2-slot

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data3 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1270 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data243.8 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 Connectorsno data6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131

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 HD20
−75%
35−40
+75%
1440p28
−78.6%
50−55
+78.6%
4K18
−66.7%
30−35
+66.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−76.5%
30−33
+76.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−70.7%
70−75
+70.7%
Hitman 3 11
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 97
−75.3%
170−180
+75.3%
Metro Exodus 23
−73.9%
40−45
+73.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
−77.4%
110−120
+77.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−76.5%
30−33
+76.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−75%
21−24
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−70.7%
70−75
+70.7%
Hitman 3 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
−78.1%
130−140
+78.1%
Metro Exodus 17
−76.5%
30−33
+76.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−75%
35−40
+75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50
−70%
85−90
+70%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−70.7%
70−75
+70.7%
Hitman 3 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
−76.5%
30−33
+76.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−76.5%
90−95
+76.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−75%
21−24
+75%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Hitman 3 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−75%
70−75
+75%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Hitman 3 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 11
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and FirePro D500 compete in popular games:

  • FirePro D500 is 75% faster in 1080p
  • FirePro D500 is 79% faster in 1440p
  • FirePro D500 is 67% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.04 10.83
Recency 7 January 2020 18 January 2014
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 274 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 1726.7% lower power consumption.

FirePro D500, on the other hand, has a 79.3% higher aggregate performance score.

The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while FirePro D500 is a workstation one.


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