GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Vega Frontier Edition with GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Vega Frontier Edition
2017
16 GB HBM2, 300 Watt
29.12

RTX 5090 Mobile outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by a whopping 117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking16421
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.22no data
Power efficiency7.6752.61
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameVega 10GB203
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores409610496
Core clock speed1382 MHz990 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1515 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6496.9
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS31.8 TFLOPS
ROPs64112
TMUs256328
Tensor Coresno data328
Ray Tracing Coresno data82

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 x16
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 typeHBM2GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount16 GB24 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s896.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.4
CUDA-10.1
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Vega Frontier Edition 29.12
RTX 5090 Mobile 63.28
+117%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Vega Frontier Edition 13013
RTX 5090 Mobile 28280
+117%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 29.12 63.28
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 95 Watt

RTX 5090 Mobile has a 117.3% higher aggregate performance score, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 215.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile is a notebook one.

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