AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 548.3x more texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13685 vs 13327
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 880 vs 750
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 207.909 vs 190.25
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 20.486 vs 17.789
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13621 vs 12980
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13621 vs 12980
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7709 vs 7074
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13685 vs 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark 880 vs 750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909 vs 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 vs 17.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7709 vs 7074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1130 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2304
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75705 vs 64854
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3611.018 vs 3560.776
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 148.938
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 1111.648
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 75705 vs 64854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018 vs 3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 vs 148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 1111.648

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13685
13327
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
880
750
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
64854
75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
207.909
190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3560.776
3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.486
17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
148.938
181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1111.648
1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7709
7074
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 13685 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark 880 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 64854 75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7709 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 10 XLE Vega 10
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $999
Place in performance rating 193 199
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1600 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1130 MHz 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 4096
Pixel fill rate 99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2