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AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a graphics card released on June 27, 2017, built on the GCN architecture using a 14 nm process. It has 4,096 shading units, 16 GB of HBM2 memory on a 2048-bit bus, 484.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.60 GHz and a 350 W board power rating. It scores 12,656 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

GCNVega 1014 nm

10/10 key specs recorded · 38 facts

Depth: 43 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

4,096cores

64 compute units

Memory

16 GB

HBM2 · 2048-bit

Boost clock

1.60 GHz

1.38 GHz base

Board power

350 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition scores 12,656 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 91.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #232), measured across 188 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 733.

PassMark G3D Mark

12,656

Rank #232
Faster than 91.6% of 2,658 GPUs
188 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 174 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 86.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 79 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 86.1% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 79 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 80.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 57 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 83.7% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 5,569 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 85.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition averages DirectX 9 174 fps, DirectX 10 79 fps, DirectX 11 79 fps, DirectX 12 57 fps and GPU Compute 5,569 ops/s, across 188 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel/s calculatedcalculated from TMUs x boost clock (MHz) / 1000 = 256 x 1600 / 1000

Texture fill rate (409.6 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 16 GB

Core clock 1382 MHz

Memory clock 945 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 350 W

First benchmarked 2017-06-28

Samples 188

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 16 GB of memory, a core clock of 1382 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2017-06-28. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition specifically. It is a different product from AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid-cooled, AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Air-cooled, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Vega 10

Chip Not recorded

Process node 14 nm

Transistors 12,500 M

Die size 495 mm²

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Vega 10 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 14 nm process, contains 12,500 million transistors and has a die size of 495 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 4,096

Compute units 64

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 256

Render output units (ROPs) 64

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition has 4,096 shading units, 64 compute units, 256 texture mapping units and 64 render output units.

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.38 GHz

Boost clock 1.60 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition runs at a base clock of 1.38 GHz and boosts to 1.60 GHz.

Memory

Size 16 GB

Type HBM2

Bus width 2048-bit

Bandwidth 484.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is equipped with 16 GB of HBM2 memory, uses a 2048-bit memory bus and delivers 484.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition has a board power rating of 350 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 350 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched June 27, 2017

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon Vega

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition was released on June 27, 2017.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 12,656

PassMark G2D 733

Rank #232

Samples 188

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 12 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.5 (stated by PassMark)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Radeon Vega Frontier Edition.

Other names (PassMark) Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition have?

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition has 16 GB of HBM2 memory on a 2048-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 484.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition has a board power rating of 350 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition?

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition scores 12,656 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 91.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #232. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 57 fps.