Radeon RX Vega 2 vs HD 8610G

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1083not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 3 (2010−2013)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameRichlandVega Raven Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 cores384128
Core clock speed533 MHzno data
Boost clock speed626 MHz1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology32 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno 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.

Shared memory+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112_1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 May 2013 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 32 nm 12 nm

RX Vega 2 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.

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AMD Radeon HD 8610G
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