AMD Radeon RX Vega performs better than Geforce GTX 1080 in 3DMark 11

At the end of June, AMD launched the new Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which was the first to come equipped with the Vega 10 graphics circuit. Several media have taken the opportunity to purchase a graphics card and give a first taste of the gaming performance, which lies between Geforce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070.

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1 Grafikpoäng i 3DMark 11 (Performance)

2 Specifications: – AMD Radeon RX Vega

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Now AMD’s graphics card with the ID loop 687F: C1 can be found in the database for 3DMark 11. The same loop has previously been used in various leaks, but also by AMD themselves when they gave the media a first demonstration of Vega in December 2016. Of all judging by this, this is the top model in the company’s upcoming Radeon RX Vega series.

Grafikpoäng i 3DMark 11 (Performance)

Graphics card	3DMark 11 (Performance)	Difference
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Ti	38,389 points	+20,4%
AMD Radeon RX Vega (687F:C1)	31,873 points	–
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080	27,618 points	-13,3%
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070	23,608 points	-25,9%

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The results show that the graphics card by a good margin beats Nvidia’s Geforce GTX 1070 and also passes GTX 1080, which Radeon Vega Frontier Edition with the same graphics circuit could not afford. However, Nvidia’s worsting model GTX 1080 Ti has what appears to be an impregnable advantage in this particular test.

Specifications: – AMD Radeon RX Vega

	RX Vega	Vega FE	RX 580	R9 Fury X
Technical	14 nm	14 nm	14 nm	28 nm
Circuit	Vega 10	Vega 10	Polaris 20	Fiji XT
Circuit surface	484 mm²	484 mm²	232 mm²	596 mm²
Transistors	?	?	5.7 billion	8.9 billion
Architecture	NCU	NCU	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Streamprocessorer	4 096 st.	4 096 st.	2 304 st.	4 096 st.
Texture units	256 st.	256 st.	144 st.	256 st.
Raster units	64 st.	64 st.	32 st.	64 st.
Bass frequency	?	1 382 MHz	1 257 MHz	–
Turbo frequency	1 630 MHz	1 600 MHz	1 340 MHz	1 050 MHz
Computational power	13 353 GFLOPS	13 107 GFLOPS	6 175 GFLOPS	8 602 GFLOPS
Memory bus	2 048-bit	2 048-bit	256-bit	4 096-bit
Memory amount	8 GB HBM2	16 GB HBM2	4/8 GB GDDR5	4 GB HBM
Memory frequency	1 890 MHz	1 890 MHz	8 000 MHz	1 000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	484 GB/s	484 GB/s	256 GB/s	512 GB/s
Power supply	?	8+8-pin	8-pin	8+8-pin
TBP	?	300 W	185 W	275 W

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The database also shows further details about the performance, where AMD managed to get an additional 30 MHz on the graphics circuit over the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition. The fact that, in contrast to this, it manages to outperform the Geforce GTX 1080 by such a good margin also indicates that the RX Vega has an easier time maintaining a higher clock frequency under load. This could be attributed to a better cooling solution.

Furthermore, AMD’s previous statement that Vega for games will have 4 and 8 GB of graphics memory is also confirmed, as the listing in the database shows 8 GB for 687F: C1. This is lower than the computationally oriented Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which is equipped with twice the amount of 16 GB.

Whether the performance figures match the final product is difficult to predict, as polishing the drivers can lift Vega further. Another possibility is that AMD is turning up the clock frequencies further, but the already sky-high power consumption in the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition at 1,600 MHz speaks against this.

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The remaining question marks about the AMD Radeon RX Vega, including its performance, are expected to be answered at the Siggraph 2017 graphics conference on July 30.

Source: Wccftech