Radeon Vega 6 Embedded vs GeForce GTX 1070

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking145not rated
Place by popularity28not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation23.52no data
Power efficiency16.02no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP104Raven
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 May 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$379 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 cores1920384
Core clock speed1506 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz1280 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate202.030.72
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPS0.983 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs12024

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed8 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth256 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2016 10 May 2018
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

Vega 6 Embedded has an age advantage of 1 year, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 and Radeon Vega 6 Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.


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