AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and AMD Radeon HD 7670A 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.

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 600 MHz
28.4x more texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
8.5x more pipelines: 4096 vs 480
22.8x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 1 GB
12.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13013 vs 1050
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 742 vs 702

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 480
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13013 vs 1050
PassMark - G2D Mark	742 vs 702

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670A

6.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 300 Watt
2.1x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13013

1050

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

742

702

Name	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD Radeon HD 7670A
PassMark - G3D Mark	13013	1050
PassMark - G2D Mark	742	702
Geekbench - OpenCL	75767
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 Radeon HD 7670A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Vega 10	Turks
Launch date	27 June 2017	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	189	190
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	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	4096	480
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5