Radeon Instinct Vega vs HD 6480G

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1146not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code nameLlanoVega 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 June 2011 (13 years ago)no data
Current price$362 $845

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores240no data
Core clock speed444 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors1000 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate4.744no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6480G and Radeon Instinct Vega compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2400 MHz
Shared memory+no data

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/Ano data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 225 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6480G and Radeon Instinct Vega. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6480G is a notebook card while Radeon Instinct Vega is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 6480G
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