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AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1382 MHz
- Max video memory 16 GB
- Memory type HBM2
- Memory clock speed 1890 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon Vega Frontier Edition sales 27 June 2017 at a recommended price of $999. This is GCN 5.0 architecture desktop card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 GB of HBM2 memory clocked at 1.89 GHz are supplied, and together with 2048 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 483.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
General info
Of Radeon Vega Frontier Edition's architecture, market segment and release date.
Place in performance rating | 87 | |
Value for money | 15.43 | |
Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | |
GPU code name | Vega 10 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 27 June 2017 (5 years ago) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | |
Price now | $961 (1x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon Vega Frontier Edition's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | of 18432 (AD102) |
Core clock speed | 1382 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Boost clock speed | 1600 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
Number of transistors | 12,500 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 300 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
Texture fill rate | 409.6 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
Floating-point performance | 13,107 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon Vega Frontier Edition's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Length | 267 mm | |
Width | 2-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon Vega Frontier Edition: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type | HBM2 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
Memory clock speed | 1890 MHz | of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti) |
Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon Vega Frontier Edition. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | |
HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
Shader Model | 6.4 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
Vulkan | 1.1.125 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon Vega Frontier Edition. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
- GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon Vega Frontier Edition performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon Vega Frontier Edition from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our rating.
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