Switch GPU vs Radeon R5 Graphics
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Wani | GM20B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 September 2017 (8 years ago) | 17 March 2017 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 384 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | 768 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | 2,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 20 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 21.60 | 12.29 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.3932 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | IGP | IGP |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | DDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Motherboard Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 September 2017 | 17 March 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 20 nm |
R5 Graphics has an age advantage of 5 months.
Switch GPU, on the other hand, has a 40% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 Graphics and Switch GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 Graphics is a desktop graphics card while Switch GPU is a notebook one.
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