A2 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	209	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.96	no data
Power efficiency	7.83	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Vega 10	GA107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	27 June 2017 (9 years ago)	10 November 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	1280
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	70.80
Floating-point processing power	13.11 TFLOPS	4.531 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	256	40
Tensor Cores	no data	40
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	10
L1 Cache	1 MB	1.3 MB
L2 Cache	4 MB	2 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	945 MHz	1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	200.1 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2
CUDA	-	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 June 2017	10 November 2021
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	60 Watt