Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 780M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking453not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.63no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Vega 10
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 2018 (6 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15363584
Core clock speed823 MHz1138 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHz1301 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate102.0291.4
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS9.326 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128224

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s409.6 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI++
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.125
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2013 1 June 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 120 Watt

RX Vega 56 Mobile has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M and Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
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