Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon R9 M290

Radeon Pro Vega 56
AMD Radeon R9 M290
3584 Shaders
8GB HBM2
1250MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
975MHz
Peak AI Performance
17.92 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
2 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
8.96 TFLOPS
FP32
2 TFLOPS
FP16
17.92 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
120W
TDP
80W
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 5
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
Radeon Pro Vega
Family
Radeon R 200
Codename
Greenland
Vega 10
Variant
Vega 10 XLA
Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Neptune XT
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
8/17/2017
Release Date
5/31/2014
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
486 mm²
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Die Size
212 mm²
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Transistor Count
12.5 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
25.72M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
224 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Compute Units
56 CUs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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1138MHz Base
1250MHz
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850MHz Base
975MHz
Peak AI Performance
17.92 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
2 TFLOPS
FP32
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FP16
17.92 TFLOPS
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FP32
8.96 TFLOPS
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FP32
2 TFLOPS
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FP64
560 GFLOPS
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FP64
120 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
80 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
31.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
280 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
62.4 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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8GB
HBM2
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4GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
2048Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
786MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
402.4GB/s
Clock
1365MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
174.7GB/s
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TDP
120W
TDP
80W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
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Model
VCE 4.0
Model
VCE 1.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 7.0
Model
UVD 4.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
9
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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