AMD Radeon VII vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon VII 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon VII

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1382 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 432.24 GT/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16398 vs 13013
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 792 vs 742
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 91678 vs 75767
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 206.353 vs 190.25
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 3611.018
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 17.789
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Boost clock speed 1750 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Texture fill rate 432.24 GT/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16398 vs 13013
PassMark - G2D Mark 792 vs 742
Geekbench - OpenCL 91678 vs 75767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 vs 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 vs 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 vs 17.789
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3840
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 69.256
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 499.927
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12980 vs 11724
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12980 vs 11724
  • 3.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7074 vs 2304
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 3840
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3717
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074 vs 2304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon VII
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16398
13013
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
792
742
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
91678
75767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
206.353
190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4659.199
3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.606
17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.256
181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
499.927
1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
7074
Name AMD Radeon VII AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 16398 13013
PassMark - G2D Mark 792 742
Geekbench - OpenCL 91678 75767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 69.256 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 499.927 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11724 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11724 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2304 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon VII AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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 $999
Place in performance rating 237 189
Price now $699.99 $999.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 32.74 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1750 MHz 1600 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1382 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 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 13,230 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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 2x 8-pin

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 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 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