AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition

Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 417.3 GTexel / s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Around 2% better floating-point performance: 13,353 gflops vs 13,107 gflops
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 375 Watt

Texture fill rate	417.3 GTexel / s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	13,353 gflops vs 13,107 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 375 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1536 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB

Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1536 MHz
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Vega 10	Vega 10
Launch date	7 August 2017	13 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$1,489
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1536 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	1382 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,353 gflops	13,107 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	4096	4096
Texture fill rate	417.3 GTexel / s	409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	12,500 million
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	282 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	1890 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	HBM2