AMD Radeon VII vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon VII and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 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 VII

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1350 MHz
  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 432.24 GT/s vs 345.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1572 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16546 vs 12920
  • Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 92136 vs 71252
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 206.353 vs 142.691
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 1729.558
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 12.693
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Boost clock speed 1750 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Texture fill rate 432.24 GT/s vs 345.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1572 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16546 vs 12920
Geekbench - OpenCL 92136 vs 71252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 vs 142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 vs 1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 vs 12.693
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3840
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 797 vs 790
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 111.376 vs 69.256
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1396.172 vs 499.927
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13339 vs 11724
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13339 vs 11724
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 797 vs 790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 111.376 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1396.172 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13339 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13339 vs 11724

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon VII
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16546
12920
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
790
797
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
92136
71252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
206.353
142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4659.199
1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.606
12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.256
111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
499.927
1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3353
Name AMD Radeon VII AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
PassMark - G3D Mark 16546 12920
PassMark - G2D Mark 790 797
Geekbench - OpenCL 92136 71252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 69.256 111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 499.927 1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11724 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11724 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9325

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon VII AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.1 GCN 5.0
Code name Vega 20 Vega 10
Design AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega
GCN generation 5th Gen
Launch date 7 February 2019 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 226 229
Price now $699.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 32.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1750 MHz 1350 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3840 4096
Pixel fill rate 115.26 GP/s
Stream Processors 3840
Texture fill rate 432.24 GT/s 345.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 13,230 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 11,059 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 305 mm 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 W
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 1024 GB/s 402.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1572 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