• AMD Radeon RX 480 with Polaris architecture while the rumored Radeon RX 490  is expected to have Vega architecture

AMD Radeon RX 480 with Polaris architecture while the rumored Radeon RX 490 is expected to have Vega architecture (Photo : YouTube/ DigitalFoundry)

The upcoming AMD Vega 10 will have 4096 stream processors, 16 GB HBM2, which will require a TDP of at least 225W. It will also have 12 TFLOP's of single precision and 24 TFLOP's of half-precision compute performance.

AMD Vega 10 or as it is also known as Radeon RX 490 is power packed with numerous Virtual Reality gaming compatibilities, which will appeal to the die hard gamers. It is going to be a part of the high end GPU's, which are expected to launch in 2017.

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There are going to be two variants of AMD Vega 10, namely the 16 GB and the 8 GB entities. The 16GB variant has been designed for the flagship devices whereas the 8GB variant has been specially made for the low-end variants, according to Segment Next.

The low end 8GB variant was seen at the Tech Summit in California, according to Tweak Town. At the summit, it was seen in conjunction with the HBM2 technology, which was running DOOM at 4K with the Ultra Setting at 70 FPS.

On the other hand, the AMD Vega 10 outperformed rival NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti during the RRA GPU certification process. It is expected to launch at the Game Developers Conference in February 2017.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and AMD Vega 10 went through all the tests and regulatory evaluations, which are part of the RRA GPU certification process. The upcoming AMD processor managed to outshine NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in almost all the departments.

After the certification by RRA GPU, the production of AMD Vega 10 has already started and it is ready to be used in the upcoming game consoles, which are going to be launched in 2017. The lower-end of AMD Vega 10 will appeal to all the manufacturers who are budget conscious. 

The South Korea-based National Radio Research Agency or as it is popularly known as RRA is a regulatory board, which evaluates all the hardware products before they can make their debut in the market. It also conducts numerous tests to see which products score over their rivals and which products perform under par.

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