Radeon Instinct Vega vs NX-SoC

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM20BVega 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2017 (8 years ago)no data

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 cores256no data
Core clock speed384 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology20 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate12.29no data
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no 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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeDDR4no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.3-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 20 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 225 Watt

NX-SoC has 1400% lower power consumption.

Instinct Vega, on the other hand, has a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between NX-SoC and Radeon Instinct Vega. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that NX-SoC is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Instinct Vega is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA NX-SoC
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AMD Radeon Instinct Vega
Radeon Instinct Vega

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