Radeon RX Vega 64 vs Radeon Pro Duo

Radeon RX Vega 64
Memory: 8192Mb HBM2DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 64
Radeon Pro Duo
Memory: 4096Mb HBMDESKTOP
Release date: 14 Mar 2016
Radeon Pro Duo

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 64

55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon Pro Duo .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon Pro Duo

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon Pro Duo

HWBench recommends Radeon Pro Duo

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX Vega 64Radeon Pro Duo
GPU NameVega 10 (Vega 10 XT)vsCapsaicin (Capsaicin XT)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size484 mm²vs596 mm²
Transistors12,500 millionvs8,900 million
Shaders4096vs4096
Compute Units64vs64
Core clock1250 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs256vs256

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX Vega 64Radeon Pro Duo
Memory TypeHBM2vsHBM
Bus Width2048 bitvs4096 bit x2
Memory Speed945 MHz
1890 MHz effective
vs500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX Vega 64Radeon Pro Duo
TDP295 wattsvs350 watts
Release Date8 Aug 2017vs14 Mar 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    96.00 GP/s
  • Radeon Pro Duo
    128.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    384.00 GT/s
  • Radeon Pro Duo
    512.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    483.80 GB/s
  • Radeon Pro Duo
    1024.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    12288.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon Pro Duo
    16384.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better