AMD RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling vs ATI HD 3870 Mac Edition

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameRV670Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 June 2008 (15 years old)7 August 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699
Current price$5.99 $246 (0.4x MSRP)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3204096
Core clock speed777 MHz1408 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1668 MHz
Number of transistors666 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt345 Watt
Texture fill rate12.43427.0
Floating-point performance497.3 gflops14,336 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm282 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 8-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR4HBM2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed2252 MHz1890 MHz
Memory bandwidth72.06 GB/s483.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.1.125

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 12 June 2008 7 August 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Memory bus width 256 2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores 320 4096
Memory bandwidth 72.06 483.8
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 345 Watt

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