Radeon AI PRO R9700 vs Vega Frontier Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Radeon AI PRO R9700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Vega Frontier Edition
2017
16 GB HBM2, 300 Watt
30.72

AI PRO R9700 outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by a whopping 132% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking19916
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.98no data
Power efficiency7.8118.11
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)RDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code nameVega 10Navi 48
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 June 2017 (8 years ago)23 July 2025 (less than a year ago)
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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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 cores40964096
Core clock speed1382 MHz1660 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz2920 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million53,900 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6747.5
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS47.84 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs256256
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB32 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz2518 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s644.6 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
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
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.1.1251.3
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 30.72
AI PRO R9700 71.19
+132%

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 12872
AI PRO R9700 29830
+132%

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 30.72 71.19
Recency 27 June 2017 23 July 2025
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm

AI PRO R9700 has a 131.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon AI PRO R9700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in performance tests.

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