AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 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.

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1018 MHz
Around 14% better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 2x 5,733 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
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13013 vs 8599

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 29 April 2014
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1018 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 2x 5,733 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13013 vs 8599

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 295X2

5.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 4096
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 756 vs 742

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 4096
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	756 vs 742

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 295X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13013

8599

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

742

756

Name	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	13013	8599
PassMark - G2D Mark	742	756
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	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Vesuvius
Launch date	27 June 2017	29 April 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$1,499
Place in performance rating	193	190
Price now	$999.99	$1,099.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.37	11.14
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1018 MHz
Core clock speed	1382 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	2x 5,733 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	6,200 million
Stream Processors		5632
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	307 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	640 GB/s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)