Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1382 MHz, and 16384 MB of HBM2 memory set to run at 1890 MHz through a 2048-bit bus. It also is comprised of 4096 Stream Processors, 256 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		21379 points
Radeon RX Vega 56		21011 points
	Difference: 368 (2%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should be a little bit faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56 overall. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
	Difference: 76022 (18%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition will be a lot (approximately 37%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX Vega 56. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 94848 (37%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition will be just a bit (approximately 20%) better at FSAA than the Radeon RX Vega 56, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14464 (20%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.