AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and AMD Radeon Pro Duo videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • 3.8x more memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 8137
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 745
  • Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76021 vs 53806
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 190.25 vs 141.474
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.789 vs 13.132
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 112.973
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 799.933
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12980 vs 10141
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12980 vs 10141
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 26 April 2016
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 vs 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 vs 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 76021 vs 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25 vs 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789 vs 13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 vs 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3713

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

  • 5.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 4096
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 2x 8,192 gflops vs 13,107 gflops
  • 11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 38251 vs 3356
  • 11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 38251 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 4096 vs 4096
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops vs 13,107 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3621.344 vs 3611.018
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 38251 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 38251 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Duo

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13327
8137
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
750
745
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
76021
53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
190.25
141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3611.018
3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.789
13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
181.113
112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1373.944
799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12980
10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12980
10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
38251
Name AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition AMD Radeon Pro Duo
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 76021 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018 3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789 13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Vega 10 Capsaicin
Launch date 27 June 2017 26 April 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1,499
Place in performance rating 198 190
Price now $999.99 $849
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 14.37 17.05
Design reference

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1600 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1382 MHz
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops 2x 8,192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 4096 2x 4096
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 8,900 million
Compute units 128

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 277 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 3x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) DirectX® 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type HBM2 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore