AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled vs AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled and AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1175 MHz
6.2x more texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 65.8 GTexel / s
4.6x more pipelines: 4096 vs 896
6.2x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 2,106 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB

Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s vs 65.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 896
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 2,106 gflops
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP

8.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 375 Watt
3.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled	AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Vega 10	Polaris 21
Launch date	13 July 2017	4 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,489
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1175 MHz
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	1090 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	2,106 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	4096	896
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	65.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	112.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5