Radeon RX Vega 2 vs Quadro NVS 280 PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1562not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.12no data
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameNV34 B1Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date28 October 2003 (22 years ago)7 January 2018 (8 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 coresno data128
Core clock speed275 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors45 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate1.100no data
ROPs2no data
TMUs4no 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).

InterfacePCIno data
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount64 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DMS-59no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0a12_1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 October 2003 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 150 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 15 Watt

NVS 280 PCI has 15% lower power consumption.

RX Vega 2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 280 PCI and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 280 PCI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX Vega 2 is a notebook one.

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