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.
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 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14299 vs 8608
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 798 vs 759
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 | 14299 vs 8608 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 798 vs 759 |
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | AMD Radeon R9 295X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 14299 | 8608 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 798 | 759 |
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 | 7519 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | AMD Radeon R9 295X2 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 182 | 183 |
Price now | $449.99 | $1,099.99 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 41.07 | 11.14 |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort |
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Dual-link DVI support | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Eyefinity | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 | 12 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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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 |
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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 |