RX Vega 5 vs Vega Frontier Edition

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Combined performance score

Vega Frontier Edition
34.38
+639%

Vega Frontier Edition outperforms RX Vega 5 by 639% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking141611
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.178.57
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameVega 10Vega
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (6 years old)7 January 2020 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data
Current price$961 (1x MSRP)$287
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 5 has 39% 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 cores4096320
Core clock speed1382 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6no data
Floating-point performance13,107 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Radeon RX Vega 5 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 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

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 typeHBM2no data
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width2048 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1890 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 data
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.1.125no data

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD130−140
+622%
18
−622%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 34.38 4.65
Recency 27 June 2017 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 15 Watt

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 5 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 5 is a notebook 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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