ATI Radeon SDR PCI vs Vega Frontier Edition Liquid

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.4 (2017)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Rage 6
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 June 2017 (8 years ago)	1 June 2000 (25 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 cores	4096	no data
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	166 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	1
ROPs	64	2
TMUs	256	6

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	PCI
Length	267 mm	165 mm
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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1886 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	482.8 GB/s	2.656 GB/s

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	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12.0	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
OpenCL	2.1	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 June 2017	1 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	23 Watt