Radeon RX 6800M vs Vega Frontier Edition Liquid

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.66
ArchitectureGCN 1.4 (2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameVega 10Navi 22
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (8 years ago)31 May 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 no data

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 cores40962560
Core clock speed1500 MHz2116 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz2390 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt145 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6382.4
Floating-point processing powerno data12.24 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs256160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40
L0 Cacheno data640 KB
L1 Cacheno data512 KB
L2 Cacheno data3 MB
L3 Cacheno data96 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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1886 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth482.8 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.12.1
Vulkan-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 31 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 145 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition Liquid has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6800M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 158.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and Radeon RX 6800M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid is a desktop graphics card while Radeon RX 6800M is a notebook one.

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