AMD Radeon 780M vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 780M

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Around 81% higher boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1600 MHz
339.8x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 14 nm
20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 750

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	882 vs 750

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

5.3x more pipelines: 4096 vs 768
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75705 vs 27709
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 7112
2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7074 vs 2747

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	4096 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	75705 vs 27709
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327 vs 7112
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7074 vs 2747

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27709

75705

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

750

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7112

13327

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2747

7074

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL	27709	75705
PassMark - G2D Mark	882	750
PassMark - G3D Mark	7112	13327
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2747	7074
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Phoenix	Vega 10
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	197	199
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	1600 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	768	4096
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	300 Watt
Floating-point performance		13,107 gflops
Transistor count		12,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1890 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	HBM2