NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	99	94
Value for money	11.75	9.53
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Vega 10	GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 June 2017 (5 years old)	10 August 2021 (1 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$449
Current price	$961 (1x MSRP)	$1428 (3.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	3328
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	300 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	124.8
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	167 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	288.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI	+	no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	34.60	35.05
Recency	27 June 2017	10 August 2021
Cost	$999	$449
Memory bus width	2048	192
Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	3328
Memory bandwidth	483.8	288
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	300 Watt	70 Watt

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