Switch 2 GPU vs Radeon Pro Vega 56

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking209not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation16.67no data
Power efficiency10.58no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameVega 10GA10B
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date14 August 2017 (7 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores35841536
Core clock speed1138 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed1250 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)210 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate280.067.20
Floating-point processing power8.96 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs22448
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Lengthno data272 mm
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 typeHBM2LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed786 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth402.4 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 August 2017 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 210 Watt 40 Watt

Switch 2 GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 425% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro Vega 56 and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 56 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.

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