Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs ATI HD 3690
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 140 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 9.91 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | RV670 | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 30 March 2008 (16 years ago) | 19 March 2019 (5 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 cores | 320 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 670 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1468 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.72 | 375.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4288 TFLOPS | 12.03 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 16 | 256 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | GDDR3 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 830 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 26.56 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.125 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 March 2008 | 19 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 250 Watt |
ATI HD 3690 has 233.3% lower power consumption.
Pro Vega 64X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3690 and Radeon Pro Vega 64X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 3690 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro Vega 64X is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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