AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 vs AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1546 MHz vs 1018 MHz
181.6x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 45% higher pipelines: 8192 vs 2x 2816
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14393 vs 8621
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 768

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2017 vs 29 April 2014
Boost clock speed	1546 MHz vs 1018 MHz
Texture fill rate	395.80 GTexel/s vs 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	8192 vs 2x 2816
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	14393 vs 8621
PassMark - G2D Mark	800 vs 768

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 295X2

902.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,733 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	2x 5,733 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 295X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14393

8621

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

800

768

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	14393	8621
PassMark - G2D Mark	800	768
Geekbench - OpenCL	204168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7522	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Vesuvius
Design	Radeon RX Vega Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	7 August 2017	29 April 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$1,499
Place in performance rating	170	174
Price now	$449.99	$1,099.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	41.07	11.14
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1546 MHz	1018 MHz
Compute units	64
Core clock speed	1247 MHz
Floating-point performance	12.7 TFLOPs	2x 5,733 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.4 TFLOPs
Pipelines	8192	2x 2816
Pixel fill rate	98.90 GP/s
Render output units	64
Stream Processors	4096	5632
Texture fill rate	395.80 GTexel/s	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Texture Units	256
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	307 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	640 GB/s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
CrossFire
DDMA audio
HD3D
LiquidVR