Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled vs Pro WX Vega M GL
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 401 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.06 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 22 | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 24 April 2018 (6 years ago) | 13 July 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,489 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1280 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 931 MHz | 1382 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1011 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 375 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.88 | 409.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.588 TFLOPS | 13.11 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | 256 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM2 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 1024 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 945 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 483.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.125 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 April 2018 | 13 July 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 375 Watt |
Pro WX Vega M GL has an age advantage of 9 months, and 476.9% lower power consumption.
Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL and Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL is a mobile workstation card while Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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