Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs Vega Frontier Edition

Aggregated performance score

Vega Frontier Edition
2017
16 GB HBM2
34.40

Pro Vega 64X outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking142115
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.1670.32
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameVega 10Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date27 June 2017 (6 years old)19 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data
Current price$961 (1x MSRP)$366

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 64X has 1042% better value for money than Vega Frontier Edition.

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 cores40964096
Core clock speed1382 MHz1250 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1468 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6375.8
Floating-point performance13,107 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Radeon Pro Vega 64X 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 typeHBM2HBM2
Maximum RAM amount16 GB16 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s512.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.1.125

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

Vega Frontier Edition 34.40
Pro Vega 64X 37.77
+9.8%

Pro Vega 64X outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Vega Frontier Edition 13326
Pro Vega 64X 14630
+9.8%

Pro Vega 64X outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by 10% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Vega Frontier Edition 75593
+0.2%
Pro Vega 64X 75438

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


Performance score 34.40 37.77
Recency 27 June 2017 19 March 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Radeon Pro Vega 64X.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a desktop card while Radeon Pro Vega 64X is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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