Who was the first person to post Vega 3DMark results? A guy named #define from WCCFTech comment section.
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier pictured and tested
AMD made a mistake by not providing any sample to reviewers. As a result, the first benchmarks result are from a random user, who is not even familiar with Radeon Settings and doesn’t even have proper PSU (550W) for Vega. However, that is what we have for now. I guess that’s better than nothing. Here are the first photos of the retail sample, most likely purchased through ScanUK.
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier packaging:
AMD Radeon Pro settings (Vega in professional mode):
Testing platform used:
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier GPU-Z screenshot
Vega Frontier has a device ID of 6863. The GPU-Z 2.1.0 does not fully support Vega yet, hence the missing specs. According to GPUZ the memory is not made by Hynix or Samsung, the HBM2 in Vega is manufactured by Micron (but that’s probably just a mistake).
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier 3DMark Fire Strike
If these values are correct, then we are looking at performance comparable to GeForce GTX 1080. Vega Frontier was running in ‘gaming mode’.
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier 3DMark Fire Strike Performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | Core Clock | Memory Clock | 3DMark Fire Strike GPU Score |
| MSI GTX 1080 TI Gaming X* | 1924 MHz | 1390 MHz | |
| MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X* | 1924 MHz | 1263 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #1* | 1600 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #2* | 1600 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #3* | 1528 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #4* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #5* | 1682 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #6* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #7* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #8* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #9* | 1528 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #10* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #11* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #12* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| COLORFUL GTX 1070 | 1797 MHz | 2002 MHz | |
| * Gaming Mode | |||
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | Core Clock | Memory Clock | 3DMark Fire Strike GPU Score |
| MSI GTX 1080 TI Gaming X* | 1924 MHz | 1390 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #1* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X* | 1924 MHz | 1263 MHz | |
| COLORFUL GTX 1070 | 1797 MHz | 2002 MHz | |
| * Gaming Mode | |||
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | Core Clock | Memory Clock | 3DMark Fire Strike GPU Score |
| MSI GTX 1080 TI Gaming X* | 1924 MHz | 1390 MHz | |
| MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X* | 1924 MHz | 1924 MHz | |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier #1* | 1602 MHz | 945 MHz | |
| COLORFUL GTX 1070 | 1797 MHz | 2002 MHz | |
| * Gaming Mode | |||
Result 1: 21202 GPU Score / Result 2: 22916 GPU Score
Result 3: 21421 GPU Score / Result 4: 22986 GPU Score
Result 5: 22304 GPU Score / Result 6: 21818 GPU Score
Fire Strike Extreme and Ultra:
All credits and a crate of virtual beer go to #define. You can find the thread and follow latest ‘developments’ at WCCFTech.
Update: First unboxing video of Vega Frontier is out:
