Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling vs Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameVega 10Vega 10
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 July 2017 (7 years ago)7 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,489 $699

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 cores40964096
Core clock speed1382 MHz1408 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1668 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt345 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6427.0
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS13.66 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs256256

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mm282 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 8-pin

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 typeHBM2HBM2
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz945 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s483.8 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.1.125

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 345 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling, on the other hand, has 8.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled and Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling
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