Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1382 MHz. The HBM2 memory runs at a frequency of 1890 MHz on this specific card. It features 4096 SPUs along with 256 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should in theory be just a bit better than the Radeon RX 5700 XT in general. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
	Difference: 36700 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition will be a lot (approximately 38%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5700 XT. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 96992 (38%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 XT is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14272 (16%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.