Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs Radeon RX Vega 64
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon Vega Frontier Edition |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 64 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX Vega 64
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon Vega Frontier Edition | | Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XT) | vs | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 484 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 12,500 million |
| Shaders | 4096 | vs | 4096 |
| Compute Units | 64 | vs | 64 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 1250 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 | vs | 256 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon Vega Frontier Edition | | Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | HBM2 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 2048 bit |
| Memory Speed | 945 MHz
1890 MHz effective | vs | 945 MHz
1890 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 16384 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon Vega Frontier Edition | | Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | vs | 295 watts |
| Release Date | 27 Jun 2017 | vs | 8 Aug 2017 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better