GeForce RTX 3070 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Vega Frontier Edition with GeForce RTX 3070, including specs and performance data.

Vega Frontier Edition
2017
16 GB HBM2, 300 Watt
34.27

RTX 3070 outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by an impressive 69% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking14938
Place by popularitynot in top-10037
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.9259.50
Power efficiency8.2419.01
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10GA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3070 has 199% better value for money than Vega Frontier Edition.

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 cores40965888
Core clock speed1382 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1725 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6317.4
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs256184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 12-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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.2
CUDA-8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Vega Frontier Edition 34.27
RTX 3070 57.98
+69.2%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Vega Frontier Edition 13225
RTX 3070 22371
+69.2%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Vega Frontier Edition 76030
RTX 3070 122976
+61.7%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Vega Frontier Edition 71648
RTX 3070 123782
+72.8%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD85−90
−74.1%
148
+74.1%
1440p55−60
−83.6%
101
+83.6%
4K35−40
−82.9%
64
+82.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 147
+0%
147
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 125
+0%
125
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100
+0%
100
+0%
Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 139
+0%
139
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Hitman 3 109
+0%
109
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 118
+0%
118
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 174
+0%
174
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 87
+0%
87
+0%
Battlefield 5 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 126
+0%
126
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Hitman 3 116
+0%
116
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 255
+0%
255
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 178
+0%
178
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 81
+0%
81
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+0%
78
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 102
+0%
102
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Hitman 3 111
+0%
111
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 181
+0%
181
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 223
+0%
223
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 121
+0%
121
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85
+0%
85
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 116
+0%
116
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68
+0%
68
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+0%
65
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
+0%
62
+0%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Hitman 3 96
+0%
96
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 146
+0%
146
+0%
Metro Exodus 101
+0%
101
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 166
+0%
166
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 175
+0%
175
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 114
+0%
114
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Hitman 3 52
+0%
52
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Metro Exodus 107
+0%
107
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+0%
90
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 48
+0%
48
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 43
+0%
43
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
+0%
30
+0%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 97
+0%
97
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 38
+0%
38
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 69
+0%
69
+0%

This is how Vega Frontier Edition and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is 74% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 is 84% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 is 83% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 34.27 57.98
Recency 27 June 2017 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 220 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3070, on the other hand, has a 69.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 36.4% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3070 is a desktop 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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AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
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