AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Vega 10 | GM107 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Vega 10 XTX LCS | N16P-GX-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Maxwell |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 1,870 million |
| Die size | 495 mm² | 148 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jul 13th, 2017 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Pro | — |
| Production | Active | — |
| Launch price | 1,489 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1382 MHz | 1097 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1600 MHz | 1176 MHz |
| Memory clock | 945 MHz 1890 Mbps effective | 1253 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 2048 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 80.19 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 4096 | 640 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 256 | 40 |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| Compute units | 64 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| SMM count | — | 5 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 102.4 GPixel/s | 18.82 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | 47.04 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 26.21 TFLOPS (2:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 13.11 TFLOPS | 1.505 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 819.2 GFLOPS (1:16) | 47.04 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | — |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 375 W | 75 W |
| Suggested PSU | 750 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | — |
| Board number | D050-12 | E2704 SKU 10 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Mar 13th, 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 900M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 800M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 10 Mobile |
