Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Vega Frontier Edition

Place in performance ranking	139	26
Place by popularity	not in top-100	95
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.13	28.46
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Vega 10	Navi 32
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 June 2017 (6 years ago)	25 August 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$579
Current price	$961 (1x MSRP)	$669 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7800 XT has 364% better value for money than Vega Frontier Edition.

Detailed specifications

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	3840
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	2430 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	263 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	604.8
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-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 type	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	19500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.2
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.3

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 34.47

RX 7800 XT 62.13
+80.2%

RX 7800 XT outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by 80% based on our aggregate 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

RX 7800 XT 24019
+80.2%

RX 7800 XT outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by 80% in Passmark.