AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today unleashed the first product based on its
highly anticipated “Vega” graphics processing unit (GPU)
architecture: Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition. Radeon Vega Frontier
Edition is the world’s first graphics card designed to empower the
next generation of data scientists, game designers and
visualization professionals, with up to 172 percent faster
rendering performance than the comparable competitor card1. Through
its disruptive High Bandwidth Cache Controller, the cornerstone of
the world’s most advanced GPU memory architecture – HBM2 – Radeon
Vega Frontier Edition expands the capacity of traditional GPU
memory to 256TB, allowing users to tackle massive datasets with
ease, and scored up to 33 percent faster than the competition in
the DeepBench benchmark that measures the performance of basic
operations involved in training deep neural networks2.
“We’re dedicating Radeon Vega Frontier Edition to all the
visionaries and trailblazers who embrace new technologies to propel
their industries forward to help solve mankind’s greatest
problems,” said Ogi Brkic, senior director and general manager,
Radeon Pro business, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD. “With this
powerful solution, we’ve brought the full weight of our new ‘Vega’
GPU architecture to bear, offering unmatched3 performance in
the most demanding design, rendering, and machine intelligence
workloads so that the world’s top creators, data scientists and
game developers can reach new frontiers in their fields.”
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Board Design
“AMD did a stunning job on the industrial design of the Radeon
Vega Frontier Edition. The blue-anodized brushed aluminum shroud
and lit Radeon inlays are downright elegant,” said Kelt Reeves,
president of Falcon Northwest. “The high-airflow I/O bracket and
vented anodized backplate are a beautifully executed example of how
form can follow function and still make for a beautiful
product.”
Unmatched2 Performance and TCO in Machine Learning
Applications
Together with AMD’s open-source, fully scalable ROCm software
platform, Radeon Vega Frontier Edition paves the way for pioneers
to continue pushing boundaries in fields like artificial
intelligence (AI). Developers can now use the power of the “Vega”
architecture for machine learning algorithm development on the
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition faster than with any other GPU on the
market2, before deploying it out to massive servers equipped with
Radeon Instinct accelerators. This powerful new solution also
delivers a disruptive performance per dollar equation, solidifying
AMD’s leadership in compute total cost of ownership (TCO).
Advanced Photorealistic Rendering
Performance
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition delivers the horsepower required
for design and manufacturing firms to drive increasingly large and
complex models and to deploy real-time visualization and
physically-based rendering. The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition’s
revolutionary memory engine also allows professionals to achieve
photorealistic detail in computer-generated imagery. A
visualization powerhouse, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition GPU
offers exceptional multi-GPU scaling, with 91 percent faster
rendering using two Radeon Vega Frontier Edition GPUs4.
Accelerating Game Design and Immersive
Workflows
The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition graphics card simplifies and
accelerates game creation by providing a single GPU that is
optimized for every stage of a game developer’s workflow. This
includes everything from asset production to playtesting and
performance optimization. With the Radeon Pro Settings user
interface, users can seamlessly switch between “Radeon Pro Mode”
and “Gaming Mode” to alternate between development on animation
applications like Autodesk® Maya and performance optimizations with
free, open source tools available through AMD’s GPUOpen
initiative.
The compute power in Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and its
support for an open software ecosystem also give a new breed of
developers and filmmakers the ability to break new ground in
virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree video content. AMD’s fastest
Radeon VR Ready Creator graphics card ever, Radeon Vega Frontier
Edition achieves the maximum possible score in the SteamVR
benchmark, up to 21 percent higher than the multi-GPU Radeon™ Pro
Duo solution5. Combined with Radeon™ Loom, AMD’s revolutionary
360-degree video stitching technology, creators can stitch
high-resolution video in real time.
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Availability
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition graphics cards are available from
etailers in select regions today with an SEP of $999 USD for the
air-cooled edition. The water-cooled edition is expected to launch
in Q3 with an SEP of $1499.
Supporting Resources
- Learn more about Radeon Vega Frontier Edition at
Pro.Radeon.com/Frontier
- Learn more about ROCm
- Become a fan of AMD on Facebook
- Follow Radeon Graphics on Twitter @RadeonPro
About AMDFor more than 45 years AMD has driven
innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and
visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming,
immersive platforms, and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of
consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses, and cutting-edge
scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD
technology daily to improve how they live, work, and play. AMD
employees around the world are focused on building great products
that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information
about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the
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1 Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition delivers up to 172% faster
performance in Maya 2017 GPGPU tests than NVIDIA GeForce Titan Xp.
Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of May 12th, 2017 on a
test system comprising of Intel E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50 GHz, 16GB DDR4
physical memory, Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit, Radeon™ Vega
Frontier Edition / NVIDIA GeForce Titan Xp, AMD graphics driver
17.20/NVIDIA graphics driver 382.05 and Samsung 850 PRO 512G SSD.
Benchmark Application: AMD Internal Benchmark for
Autodesk Maya 2017. Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition score: 10.38.
NVIDIA GeForce Titan Xpscore: 3.81. Performance Differential:
(10.38-3.81)/3.81 = ~172.44% faster performance on Radeon™ Vega
Frontier Edition. PC manufacturers may vary configurations,
yielding different results. Performance may vary based on use of
latest drivers. RPVG-008.
2 Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of May 15th
2017 with the Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition graphics card, Intel®
Xeon E5 2640v4 2.4Ghz 10C/20T, Dual Socket, 32GB per socket, 64GB
Total, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, ROCm 1.5, and OpenCL™ 1.2. The
Nvidia Tesla P100, was tested on a system comprising of Intel® Xeon
E5 2640v4 2.4Ghz 10C/20T, Dual Socket, 32GB per socket, 64GB Total,
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with CuDNN 5.1, Driver 375.39 and Cuda version
8.0.61. When using the DeepBench Benchmark, Radeon™ Vega Frontier
Edition completed in 88.7 ms and the Nvidia Tesla P100 completed in
133.1 ms. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding
different results. Performance may vary based on use of latest
drivers. VG-9.
3 Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of May 12th,
2017 on a test system comprising of Intel E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50 GHz,
16GB DDR4 physical memory, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, Radeon™
RX Vega Frontier Edition / NVIDIA Geforce TitanXp, AMD graphics
driver 17.20/NVIDIA graphics driver 382.05 and LITEON 512GB SSD.
Benchmark Application: SPECViewperf 12.1 catia-04
viewset, Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition score: 135.78 and NVIDIA
GeForce Titan Xp score: 107.29 for ~26.55% faster performance
on Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition; Benchmark
Application: SPECViewperf 12.1 creo-01 viewset, Radeon™
Vega Frontier Edition score: 83.94 and NVIDIA GeForce Titan Xp
score: 65.20 for ~28.74% faster performance on Radeon™ Vega
Frontier Edition; Benchmark Application:
SPECViewperf 12.1 sw-03 viewset, Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition
score: 114.88 and NVIDIA GeForce Titan Xp score: 67.75 for
~69.56% faster performance on Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition.
Benchmark Application: SPECapc Siemens NX
10, Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition score: 4.08 and NVIDIA GeForce
Titan Xp score: 2.93 for ~39.25% faster performance on Radeon™ Vega
Frontier Edition. Benchmark Application:
Cinebench, Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition FPS: 183.28 and NVIDIA
GeForce Titan Xp FPS: 169.72 for ~7.99% faster performance on
Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition. Scores are estimates based on AMD
internal lab measurements/modelling and may vary. SPEC® and the
benchmarks named SPECviewperf® and SPECapc℠ are registered
trademarks or service marks of the Standard Performance Evaluation
Corporation. For more information about SPECviewperf or SPECapc,
see www.spec.org. PC manufacturers may vary configurations,
yielding different results. Performance may vary based on use of
latest drivers. RVFE-001.Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs
as of May 15th 2017 with the Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition graphics
card, Intel® Xeon E5 2640v4 2.4Ghz 10C/20T, Dual Socket, 32GB per
socket, 64GB Total, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, ROCm 1.5, and OpenCL™
1.2. The Nvidia Tesla P100, was tested on a system comprising
of Intel® Xeon E5 2640v4 2.4Ghz 10C/20T, Dual Socket, 32GB per
socket, 64GB Total, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with CuDNN 5.1, Driver 375.39
and Cuda version 8.0.61. When using the DeepBench Benchmark,
Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition completed in 88.7 ms and the Nvidia
Tesla P100 completed in 133.1 ms. PC manufacturers may vary
configurations, yielding different results. Performance may vary
based on use of latest drivers. VG-9.
4 2x Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition is up to 91% faster
rendering than 1x Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition when using Maya
with the Radeon™ ProRender plug-in. Testing conducted by AMD
Performance Labs as of May 26th, 2017 on a test system comprising
of Ryzen™ 7 1800X @3.60 GHz, 32GB DDR4 physical memory, Windows 10
Enterprise 64-bit, Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition, AMD graphics
driver 17.20 and Samsung 850 PRO 512GB SSD. Benchmark
Application: Maya Radeon ProRender plug-in GPU rendering
option. Measurement: Render time for the Helmet scene with 8x AA,
HD720 output and 100 pass limit. 2 x Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition
render time (seconds): 135. Single Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition
render time (seconds): 258. Performance differential: (258-135)/135
= ~91.11% faster rendering on 2 x Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition.
Scores are estimates based on AMD internal lab
measurements/modelling and may vary. PC manufacturers may vary
configurations, yielding different results. Performance may vary
based on use of latest drivers. Performance may vary based on use
of latest drivers. RPSW-002.
5 Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of May 24th,
2017 on a test system comprising of Intel E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50 GHz,
16GB DDR4 physical memory, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, Radeon™
Vega Frontier Edition/Radeon™ Pro Duo (Polaris)/ Radeon™ Pro WX
7100, AMD graphics driver 17.20 and LITEON 512GB SSD.
Benchmark Application: SteamVRPerformance
Test/VRMark. Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition SteamVRPerformance Test
Score: 11. Radeon™ Pro Duo (Polaris) SteamVRPerformance Test Score:
9.1. Radeon™ Pro WX 7100 SteamVRPerformance Test Score: 6.4.
Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition VRMark–Orange Room Score: 8157.
Radeon™ Pro Duo (Polaris) VRMark–Orange Room Score: 6596. Radeon™
Pro WX 7100 VRMark–Orange Room Score: 6588. Scores are estimates
based on AMD internal lab measurements/modelling and may vary. PC
manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results.
Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers. Performance
may vary based on use of latest drivers. RPVG-009.
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