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An eye-catching entry in the TechPowerUp GPU database caught our attention. The data shows the intimate details of none other than the AMD Radeon RX Vega, a card which, just a couple of days ago, AMD had said it would be launched sometime this quarter. If you remember, just last month we'd reported an AMD official saying the launch was “just around the corner”.
It seems it may be closer than you'd think. According to the database, the card has a release date of today (28th April 2017).
In addition to the release date, the database describes the Radeon RX Vega as having the following features: a 1 GHz core GPU clock, with a 1.2 GHz boost clock, and 8 GB of HBM2 memory running at 1 GHz (2 GHz effective). The Vega seems to carry a dual memory controller, doubling the memory bus width to 2048-bit, when compared to first generation HBM. The graphics engine contains 4096 shader units, as we'd already reported a month ago. It counts 256 TMUs, 64 ROPs and 64 compute units. The total computing power of Vega is 9.8 Tflops, shy of the GTX 1080 Ti's 10.6 Tflops.
In terms of power consumption, it's very much what you'd expect from a high-end card, but just enough so you don't splurge on a new power supply: 225W, which translates to one 6-pin + one 8-pin PEG connectors. The site further describes the card as having 267 mm in length in a dual-slot configuration.
As for performance, the GPU Database has little to offer that will be considered definitive, as a flagship card like Vega must be thoroughly measured, well beyond “1080p” games performance. If the information contained on the site is accurate, we would recommend that AMD fans wait with bated breath until full benchmarks are available because, according to TPU, AMD's best effort is lagging behind Nvidia's (non-Ti) GTX 1080 and is considerably slower than a GTX 1080 Ti, in 1080p gaming. It's been our experience that AMD fares better when you up the resolution and level the playing field. For a card of this caliber, 1080p is indeed not the resolution you'll be playing at.
KitGuru Says: We're more than happy to catch as much info on the Vega as we possibly can. The performance listed by TPU, however, is a little eyebrow-raising, to say the least. Let's wait for real-world benchmarks…
i dont want it… i need it
It’s supposed to launch today?
That must be little Vega if those figures are accurate!
I can’t believe 1GHz is the final frequency. If Radeon Instinct Vega MI25 is SP 12’5TFLOPs that means 1525MHz, and Instinct model is a server grade downclocked Vega, so gaming model has to be at least 1525
Agree completely, considering Fury cards were that speed I don’t see how they would get the performance they are claiming despite architectural changes.
I saw this like a couple weeks ago. I think they just make up stuff until the real thing is there.
That’s why you can’t trust benchmark or database entries before product release, remember the 800MHz RX480?
yeah engineering samples often are clocked lower than the final product. I remember the exact same discussion when everyone was convinced ryzen wasn’t capable of going over 3ghz based off leaked benchmarks.
What a load of shit. Radeon Instinct MI25 is 1525MHz. This is the passively cooled enterprise Vega GPU. At least do basic research before posting fud.
Clickbait. So much for ethics…
What do we expect from these sites. They’re becoming nothing more than tabloids, regardless what company they’re writing about. Ethical and quality journalism is dead…
I’ll wait until third party bench-marks are out. No one knows anything until consumer GPUs get third party reviews. Not down-clocked engineering samples that everyone takes as gospel.
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Also the GPU is still being called “Greenland”.
“Radeon RX Vega performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.”
This is just speculation, it also says GCN 1.3, is that right? There is no info on how the new cache system etc. factors into this.
Yeah right, water-cooling for 1Ghz LOL
“What a load of shit. Radeon Instinct MI25 is 1525MHz. This is the passively cooled enterprise Vega GPU. At least do basic research before posting fud.”
EXACTLY!
This is the original database from January before they optimized the card!
At 1500Mhz Vega BEATS Nvidia Titan & 1080Txi by 25%
Also, AMD has priority on tight supplies of HBM2, which is why Nvidia Volta is delayed and will NOT have sufficient quantities to compete.
fake
dum cunt
could you please do us a favour and kill yourself?