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AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

Graphics Processor
Vega 10
Cores
4096
TMUs
256
ROPs
64
Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
Bus Width
2048 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
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The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is an enthusiast-class professional graphics card by AMD, launched on July 13th, 2017. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Vega 10 graphics processor, in its Vega 10 XTX LCS variant, the card supports DirectX 12. The Vega 10 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 495 mm² and 12,500 million transistors. It features 4096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. AMD has paired 16 GB HBM2 memory with the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled, which are connected using a 2048-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1382 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1600 MHz, memory is running at 945 MHz.
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 375 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 267 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 1489 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Vega 10
GPU Variant
Vega 10 XTX LCS
Architecture
GCN 5.0
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Process Size
14 nm
Transistors
12,500 million
Density
25.3M / mm²
Die Size
495 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-2013

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jul 13th, 2017
Generation
Radeon Pro Vega
(Vega Series)
Predecessor
Radeon Pro Polaris
Successor
Radeon Pro Navi
Production
Active
Launch Price
1,489 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
1%
GeForce 9400 GT
2%
Radeon HD 4550
2%
Radeon HD 5450
3%
Radeon HD 6450
3%
GeForce GT 520
3%
GeForce GT 220
4%
GeForce GT 430
5%
Radeon HD 5570
5%
Radeon HD 4670
6%
GeForce GT 440
6%
GeForce GT 240
6%
GeForce 9600 GT
7%
Radeon HD 5670
7%
GeForce GT 640
8%
GeForce 9800 GT
8%
Radeon HD 6670
9%
Radeon HD 4830
9%
Radeon HD 4770
9%
Radeon HD 4850
10%
GeForce GTS 250
10%
GeForce GTS 450
10%
Radeon HD 5750
11%
Radeon HD 7750
12%
Radeon HD 5770
12%
GeForce GTX 260
13%
Radeon HD 4870
13%
Radeon Vega 8
13%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
13%
GeForce GTX 650
13%
Radeon HD 5830
14%
Radeon HD 6790
15%
Radeon HD 4890
15%
GeForce GTX 460
15%
Radeon RX Vega 11
15%
GeForce GT 1030
16%
GeForce GTX 275
16%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
16%
GeForce GTX 280
16%
GeForce GTX 465
16%
Radeon HD 6850
17%
GeForce GTX 285
17%
Radeon HD 5850
19%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
19%
Radeon HD 7790
19%
Radeon RX 550
20%
GeForce GTX 470
20%
Radeon HD 6870
20%
Radeon HD 5870
22%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
22%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
23%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
23%
Radeon HD 6950
23%
GeForce GTX 295
24%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
24%
Radeon HD 7850
24%
GeForce GTX 480
25%
Radeon HD 6970
26%
Radeon R7 265
26%
Radeon RX 460
27%
Radeon R7 370
27%
GeForce GTX 660
27%
GeForce GTX 570
27%
Radeon RX 560
28%
GeForce GTX 950
29%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
29%
Radeon R9 270X
30%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
31%
GeForce GTX 580
31%
GeForce GTX 1050
31%
Radeon HD 7950
31%
GeForce GTX 1630
32%
Radeon HD 5970
32%
GeForce GTX 760
33%
GeForce GTX 670
35%
GeForce GTX 960
36%
Radeon R9 380
37%
Radeon R9 285
37%
Radeon HD 7970
37%
GeForce GTX 680
38%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
39%
GeForce GTX 770
40%
Radeon HD 6990
41%
Radeon R9 280X
42%
GeForce GTX 590
42%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
42%
GeForce GTX 780
47%
Arc A380
47%
Radeon RX 6400
47%
GeForce GTX 1650
48%
Radeon RX 470
51%
Radeon R9 290
52%
Radeon RX 570
55%
Radeon R9 390
56%
Radeon R9 290X
56%
GeForce GTX 970
57%
GeForce GTX TITAN
57%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
58%
Radeon R9 390X
59%
Radeon HD 7990
59%
Radeon RX 480
60%
GeForce GTX 690
60%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
62%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
63%
Radeon RX 580
63%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
64%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64%
GeForce GTX 980
65%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
65%
Radeon R9 FURY
66%
Radeon RX 590
68%
Radeon R9 295X2
72%
GeForce GTX 1660
72%
Radeon R9 FURY X
73%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
75%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
76%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
79%
GeForce GTX 1070
83%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
83%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
85%
Radeon RX Vega 56
89%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
94%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
95%
Radeon RX Vega 64
97%
GeForce GTX 1080
98%
GeForce RTX 2060
98%
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled
100%
Radeon RX 5700
102%
Arc A580
102%
Radeon RX 6600
106%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
110%
GeForce RTX 2070
111%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
112%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
114%
Arc A750
117%
Radeon VII
118%
TITAN X Pascal
121%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
122%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
125%
Arc A770
126%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
126%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
133%
Radeon RX 7600
134%
GeForce RTX 4060
135%
GeForce RTX 2080
136%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
138%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
142%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
146%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
151%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
160%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
162%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
163%
GeForce RTX 3070
171%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
183%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
185%
Radeon RX 6800
188%
GeForce RTX 4070
208%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
214%
GeForce RTX 3080
222%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
224%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
230%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
242%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
246%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
248%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
249%
GeForce RTX 3090
253%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
260%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
284%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
291%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
294%
GeForce RTX 4080
330%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
335%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
338%
GeForce RTX 4090
414%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1382 MHz
Boost Clock
1600 MHz
Memory Clock
945 MHz
1890 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
Memory Bus
2048 bit
Bandwidth
483.8 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
4096
TMUs
256
ROPs
64
Compute Units
64
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
4 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
102.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
409.6 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
26.21 TFLOPS (2:1)
FP32 (float)
13.11 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
819.2 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
267 mm
10.5 inches
Width
111 mm
4.4 inches
TDP
375 W
Suggested PSU
750 W
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
Board Number
D050-12

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7

Vega 10 GPU Notes

Generation: Vega
Codename: Greenland
Graphics/Compute: 9.0.1
Shader ISA: GFX9 (gfx900 / gfx901)
Display Core Engine: 12.0
Unified Video Decoder: 7.0
Video Compression Engine: 4.0
System DMA: 4.0.0
Platform Security Processor: 9.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.4.0
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