Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling vs Pro Vega 64
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 158 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 9.26 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 June 2017 (7 years ago) | 7 August 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $699 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1408 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1668 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 345 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 345.6 | 427.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 11.06 TFLOPS | 13.66 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 | 256 |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 282 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
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 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 786 MHz | 945 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 402.4 GB/s | 483.8 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.1.125 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 June 2017 | 7 August 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 345 Watt |
Pro Vega 64 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 38% lower power consumption.
RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro Vega 64 and Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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