Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 vs MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 and MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD RX Vega 64 AMD RX Vega 64
• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XT Vega 10 XT
• Execution units
  64 64
• Shader
  4096 4096
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  256 256

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 HBM2
• Memory Speed
  0.945 GHz 0.945 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  484 GB/s 484 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  2048 bit 2048 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 and MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.247 GHz 1.247 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.546 GHz 1.546 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  295 W 295 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 and MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G.

• Fan-Type
  Radial Radial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  1 x 70 mm 1 x 80 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  -- --
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  282 mm 270 mm
• Height
  125 mm 110 mm
• Width
  40 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1068 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G and Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2017
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  21275-02 --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet