AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs AMD FireStream 9370

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and AMD FireStream 9370 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: 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 Vega Frontier Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • 6.2x more texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
  • 2.6x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1600
  • 5x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 2528
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 23 June 2010
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 1600
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 vs 2528

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9370

  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 763 vs 750
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 763 vs 750

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9370

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13327
2528
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
750
763
Name AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition AMD FireStream 9370
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 2528
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 763
Geekbench - OpenCL 75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition AMD FireStream 9370

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Vega 10 Cypress
Launch date 27 June 2017 23 June 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Place in performance rating 199 129
Price now $999.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 1382 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops 2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 4096 1600
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s 66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s 147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5