RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Vega Frontier Edition
2017
16 GB HBM2, 300 Watt
28.95

PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF outperforms Frontier Edition by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking20420
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.68no data
Power efficiency7.7778.13
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameVega 10GB203
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 June 2017 (8 years ago)11 August 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores40968960
Core clock speed1382 MHz790 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1337 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6374.4
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS23.96 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs256280
Tensor Coresno data280
Ray Tracing Coresno data70
L1 Cache1 MB8.8 MB
L2 Cache4 MB48 MB

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 x8
Length267 mm167 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s432.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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-12.0
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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 28.95
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF 67.89
+135%

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 12801
Samples: 177
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF 30019
+135%
Samples: 2

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 28.95 67.89
Recency 27 June 2017 11 August 2025
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 70 Watt

RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF has a 134.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in performance tests.

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