Radeon Instinct Vega vs R5 340X OEM

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Oland	Vega 20
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	5 May 2015 (8 years ago)	no data
Current price	no data	$845

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 cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	21.60	no data
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

Memory type	DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

No outputs

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	225 Watt

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