RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10AD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 July 2017 (7 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,489 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 speed1382 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1600 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6162.0
Floating-point processing power13.11 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s192.0 GB/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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 July 2017 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 35 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 971.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled and RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is a desktop card while RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled
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NVIDIA RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation
RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation

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