Arc Pro B50 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Xe2 (2024)
GPU code nameVega 10BMG-G21
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 July 2017 (8 years ago)5 September 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,489 $349

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 cores40962048
Core clock speed1382 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz2600 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6332.8
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS10.65 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs256128
Ray Tracing Coresno data16
L1 Cache1 MBno data
L2 Cache4 MB4 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x8
Length267 mm167 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s224.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 July 2017 5 September 2025
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 70 Watt

Arc Pro B50 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 435.7% lower power consumption.

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