RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and RTX 5000 Ada Generation, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Vega Frontier Edition
2017
16 GB HBM2, 300 Watt
33.84

RTX 5000 Ada Generation outperforms Vega Frontier Edition by a whopping 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking15612
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.21no data
Power efficiency7.7320.84
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores409612800
Core clock speed1382 MHz1155 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate409.61,020
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs64176
TMUs256400
Tensor Coresno data400
Ray Tracing Coresno data100

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 16-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 GB32 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s576.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.3
CUDA-8.9

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 33.84
RTX 5000 Ada Generation 76.01
+125%

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 13039
RTX 5000 Ada Generation 29288
+125%

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 76041
RTX 5000 Ada Generation 132358
+74.1%

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 71536
RTX 5000 Ada Generation 162637
+127%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.84 76.01
Recency 27 June 2017 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 5000 Ada Generation has a 124.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

The RTX 5000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in performance tests.


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