Radeon RX Vega 64 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Summary
Radeon RX Vega 64
147%
Radeon R9 295X2
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 64 |
| 47% higher gaming performance. |
| 205 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 295X2 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
The Radeon RX Vega 64 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 64 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XT) | vs | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 4096 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 64 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1250 MHz | vs | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 64 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 945 MHz
1890 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX Vega 64 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 295 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Aug 2017 | vs | 29 Apr 2014 |
Radeon RX Vega 64
96.00 GP/s
Radeon R9 295X2
130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 64
384.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 295X2
358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 64
483.80 GB/s
Radeon R9 295X2
640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 64
12288.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 295X2
11466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 64
126
Radeon R9 295X2
124
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 64
103
Radeon R9 295X2
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 64
91
Radeon R9 295X2
103
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 64
79
Radeon R9 295X2
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 64
49
Radeon R9 295X2
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 64
44
Radeon R9 295X2
23
FPS (higher is better)