AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled vs AMD Radeon RX 560D

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled and AMD Radeon RX 560D videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

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 560D

  • 5.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560D

Name AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled AMD Radeon RX 560D
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled AMD Radeon RX 560D

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 $99
Place in performance rating not rated 742
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 65 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 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5