Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by TomV1971 3152 days ago
AMD positions the $1000 Vega FE against the $1200 Titan Xp.

The $700 1080 Ti has almost the same performance as the Titan Xp, so why not compare those?

It changes conclusions considerably...

1 comments

Depends on the situation, which is why I think Vega Frontier Edition ($1000) is the apt comparison against the Titan XP ($1200).

The 1080 Ti has less RAM, and has NO support for 16-bit packed arithmetic. Ultimately, the 1080 TI is a graphics card designed to dominate video games, and NVidia cuts out other features that gamers don't care about.

With regards to the "Compute" sector, its Vega Frontier ($1000) vs Titan XP ($1200) at the low-end at least. NVidia Tesla chips ($4000 to $7000) constitute the higher-end.

> and NVidia cuts out other features that gamers don't care about.

Specifically: substantially better drivers for compute.