Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 vs Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	434
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	15.01
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Vega Kaby Lake-G
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	13 July 2017 (8 years ago)	7 January 2018 (8 years 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 cores	4096	1280
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	931 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1011 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	no data
Floating-point processing power	13.11 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	256	no data
L1 Cache	1 MB	no data
L2 Cache	4 MB	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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	945 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.1.125	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 July 2017	7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	65 Watt