Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB | Radeon RX 460 2GB |
| Hitman 3 | 11% | 137% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 31% | 82% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 37% | 67% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 31% | 82% |
| FIFA 21 | 65% | 8% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 3% | 156% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 39% | 61% |
| Genshin Impact | 31% | 82% |
| Far Cry 6 | 1% | 164% |
| The Medium | 14% | 127% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB are massively better than the AMD Radeon RX 460 2GB.
The Vega Frontier has a 510 MHz higher core clock speed and 200 more Texture Mapping Units than the RX 460. This results in the Vega Frontier providing 348.6 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The Vega Frontier has a 510 MHz higher core clock speed and 48 more Render Output Units than the RX 460. This results in the Vega Frontier providing 85 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The Vega Frontier was released less than a year after the RX 460, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The Vega Frontier has 14336 MB more video memory than the RX 460, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the Vega Frontier also has superior memory performance overall.
The Vega Frontier has 256 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX 460, which means that the memory performance of the Vega Frontier is massively better than the RX 460.
The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB has 4096 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon RX 460 2GB has 896. However, the actual shader performance of the Vega Frontier is 4260 and the actual shader performance of the RX 460 is 1075. The Vega Frontier having 3185 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Vega Frontier delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the RX 460.
The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB requires 275 Watts to run and the Radeon RX 460 2GB requires 75 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the Vega Frontier and a PSU with at least 350 Watts for the RX 460. The Vega Frontier requires 200 Watts more than the RX 460 to run. The difference is significant enough that the Vega Frontier may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RX 460.
| Core Speed | 1600 MHz |  | vs | 1090 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | | 1200 MHz | |
| Architecture | Vega 10 XT | GCN 1.3 Baffin PRO | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 05 Jun 2017 |  | vs | 08 Aug 2016 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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vs | 7.9
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| 2560x1440 | 9.6
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vs | 5.7
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| 3840x2160 | 7.6
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vs | 3.7
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| Memory | 16384 MB | | vs | N/A | |
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| Memory Speed | 500 MHz | vs | | 1750 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 2048 Bit | | vs | - | |
| Memory Type | HBM-2 | | vs | - | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256GB/sec | | vs | - | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
1024 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 4096 | | vs | 896 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | 52% | |
| Technology | 14nm | | vs | | 14nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 256 | | vs | 56 | |
| Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | | vs | 61 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 16 | |
| Pixel Rate | 102.4 GPixel/s | | vs | 17.4 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | | 7680x4320 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 4 | | vs | 1 | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 275 Watts | vs | | 75 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | vs | | 350 Watts & 23 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | - | |
| Open GL | 4.4 | | vs | - | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | no | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 1600x900 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB is a Prosumer Graphics Card based on the Fourth (4.0) Revision of the Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture. Architecture The Vega 10 XT GPU offers support for HBM-2 Memory, DirectX 12.0 and Open GL 4.5. Vega 10 XT is the Full Variant of the GPU with 64 Compute Units activated, offering 4096 Shader Processing Units, 256 TMUs and 64 ROPs. GPU The Central Unit is clocked at 1600MHz. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with stacked HBM2 Memory and accesses the Frame Buffer through a 2048-bit memory interface. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 16GB. Under most circumstances, this only proves useful in certain 3D Games whose Settings Require Large Amounts of Memory. The Vega 10 GPU itself is aimed for 4K Gaming. The 16GB HBM2 framebuffer should be enough to prevent it bottlenecking performance in any AAA title at 4K. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 275W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with two available 8-pin connectors. Performance Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB is equal to the GeForce GTX 1080 in terms of gaming performance. However, it is primarily designed as a workstation graphics card and is not great value for money as a gaming GPU. The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is available in two versions - air cooled and the more expensive water-cooled. Specs are otherwise identical. System Suggestions Radeon RX Vega Nova 16GB HBM2 is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840 x2160 (4K). We recommend a Very Strong Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview Radeon RX 460 2GB is a middle-class graphics card based on the third revision of the Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture. Note that there is a 4GB version of the RX 460, which should be considered for future proofing. Architecture It equips a GPU codenamed Polaris 10 which is a 1st gen Polaris GPU, offering 896 Shader Processing Units, 48 TMUs and 16 ROPs. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock operates at 1750MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 75W, it requires at least a 350W PSU and relies entirely on the PCI slot for power, meaning no extra connectors are required. Performance This graphics card was designed and marketed towards the competitive MOBO gamers. A light weight, small form factor GPU solution that offers mobility, so that gamers travelling to events can bring a smaller cheaper gaming rig. The Radeon RX 460 2GB can play most modern games at medium graphics selection on a 1600p screen res and expect around 45+FPS System Suggestions Radeon RX 460 2GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1600x900. We recommend a mid range CPU and 8GB of system memory for optimal performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||