AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled videocard review

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled videocard released by AMD; release date: 13 July 2017. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,489. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 5.0 microarchitecture codenamed Vega 10.

Core clock speed - 1382 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1600 MHz. Texture fill rate - 409.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 4096. Floating-point performance - 13,107 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 12,500 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 375 Watt.

Memory type: HBM2. Maximum RAM amount - 16 GB. Memory bus width - 2048 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1890 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 483.8 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0
Code name	Vega 10
Launch date	13 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,489
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1382 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Pipelines	4096
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz
Memory type	HBM2