VGA Wonder vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.4 (2017)	Wonder (1986−1992)
GPU code name	Vega 10	18800-1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	5 February 1990 (34 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	no data
Current price	$1787 (1.2x MSRP)	$268

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. 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	10 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	409.6	no data
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	no data

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	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no data

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	DRAM
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	256 KB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	1886 MHz	10 MHz
Memory bandwidth	482.8 GB/s	40 MB/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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x VGA
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 June 2017	5 February 1990
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	256 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	800 nm

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