Radeon RX Vega 64 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which features a core clock speed of 1382 MHz and a HBM2 memory speed of 1890 MHz. It also uses a 2048-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 4096 SPUs, 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 RX Vega 64		21986 points
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		21379 points
	Difference: 607 (3%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX Vega 64		295 Watts
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should perform a bit faster than the Radeon RX Vega 64 in general. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
Radeon RX Vega 64		495411 MB/sec
	Difference: 41 (0%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a bit (about 11%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX Vega 64. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX Vega 64		319232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34560 (11%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should be a bit (approximately 11%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX Vega 64, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX Vega 64		79808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8640 (11%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.