FirePro W9000 vs Radeon Pro Vega 20

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W9000 and Radeon Pro Vega 20, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W9000 stacks up against Radeon Pro Vega 20, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro Vega 20 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro Vega 20 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon Pro Vega 20 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon Pro Vega 20
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W9000 has 250% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W9000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
  • FirePro W9000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - with Vega.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 160 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
  • FirePro W9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 4020 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
FirePro W9000 and Radeon Pro Vega 20 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon Pro Vega 20
Architecture GCN 1.0 Vega
Code name Tahiti Vega Mobile
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 14 June 2012 15 November 2018
Pipelines 2048 1280
Core clock speed 975 MHz 815 MHz
Boost Clock 1283 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 102.6
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 1024 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 189.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
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