AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8917 vs 3718
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8917 vs 3718

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2018 vs 27 June 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8917 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8917 vs 3718

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1301 MHz
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1301 MHz
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8917

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8917

3718

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8917	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8917	3718
PassMark - G3D Mark		13327
PassMark - G2D Mark		750
Geekbench - OpenCL		75705
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 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Vega 10	Vega 10
Launch date	1 June 2018	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	134	199
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1301 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1138 MHz	1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		13,107 gflops
Pipelines		4096
Texture fill rate		409.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1890 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		16 GB
Memory bandwidth		483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		2048 Bit
Memory type		HBM2