AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 73% better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 2x 3,789 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 500 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 3 GB

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 925 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.789 vs 17.707

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

5.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 409.6 GTexel / s
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.789

17.707

Name	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327
PassMark - G2D Mark	750
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	17.707
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 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega 10	New Zealand
Launch date	27 June 2017	31 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$899
Place in performance rating	199	321
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	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5