Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs GeForce GTX 650

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	655	not rated
Place by popularity	59	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.23	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GK107	Vega Mobile
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 September 2012 (12 years ago)	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	1792
CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	90 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.86	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.8125 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	no data

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	147 mm	no data
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	80.0 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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI	no data
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12_1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.3	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 September 2012	7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	90 Watt

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