AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 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, 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 Vega Frontier Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
966.3x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 8192 vs 4096
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14394 vs 13327
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 750
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204168 vs 75705
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.478 vs 190.25
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14744 vs 12980
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14744 vs 12980
Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7522 vs 7074

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2017 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate	395.80 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	8192 vs 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	14394 vs 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark	800 vs 750
Geekbench - OpenCL	204168 vs 75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	195.478 vs 190.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14744 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14744 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7522 vs 7074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1247 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1546 MHz
1032x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3611.018 vs 2129.009
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.789 vs 14.889
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 129.271
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 1328.033

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 1247 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1546 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3611.018 vs 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.789 vs 14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	181.113 vs 129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1373.944 vs 1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3717

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14394

13327

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

800

750

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

204168

75705

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

195.478

190.25

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2129.009

3611.018

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.889

17.789

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

129.271

181.113

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1328.033

1373.944

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14744

12980

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14744

12980

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3356

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7522

7074

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	14394	13327
PassMark - G2D Mark	800	750
Geekbench - OpenCL	204168	75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	195.478	190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2129.009	3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.889	17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	129.271	181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1328.033	1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14744	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14744	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7522	7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Vega 10	Vega 10
Design	Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date	7 August 2017	27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$999
Place in performance rating	170	199
Price now	$449.99	$999.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	41.07	14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1546 MHz	1600 MHz
Compute units	64
Core clock speed	1247 MHz	1382 MHz
Floating-point performance	12.7 TFLOPs	13,107 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 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	4096
Pixel fill rate	98.90 GP/s
Render output units	64
Stream Processors	4096
Texture fill rate	395.80 GTexel/s	409.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	256
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	12,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
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
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