Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which features a core clock speed of 1382 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1890 MHz. It also makes use of a 2048-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 4096 SPUs, 256 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should in theory be a bit better than the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
	Difference: 28836 (6%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT should be a lot (approximately 49%) better at AF than the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 171808 (49%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 XT is superior to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 145152 (164%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.