Radeon RX Vega 2 vs R2 (Stoney Ridge)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1094 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.78 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016) | Vega (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | Stoney Ridge | Vega Raven Ridge |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 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 cores | 128 | 128 |
| Boost clock speed | 600 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
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 bus width | 64 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12_1 |
| Vulkan | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 7 January 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 12 nm |
RX Vega 2 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.
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