Radeon Vega 7 vs GRID K2

Place in the ranking	543	526
Place by popularity	not in top-100	39
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.13	no data
Power efficiency	2.18	11.48
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GK104	Cezanne
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	11 May 2013 (11 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	448
Core clock speed	745 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	95.36	53.20
Floating-point processing power	2.289 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	128	28

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.175	1.2
CUDA	3.0	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	21−24 −9.5%	23 +9.5%
1440p	30−35 −20%	36 +20%
4K	18−20 −11.1%	20 +11.1%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	247.57	no data
1440p	173.30	no data
4K	288.83	no data

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.09	7.46
Recency	11 May 2013	13 April 2021
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt

Vega 7 has a 5.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GRID K2 and Radeon Vega 7.

Be aware that GRID K2 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon Vega 7 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.