Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano vs RX 470D
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | Ellesmere | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 21 October 2016 (9 years ago) | 1 October 2017 (8 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 | 1792 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 926 MHz | 1156 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1206 MHz | 1247 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 135.1 | 319.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.322 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 112 | 256 |
| L1 Cache | 448 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 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 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 152 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 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 type | GDDR5 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1650 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 409.6 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 October 2016 | 1 October 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 250 Watt |
RX 470D has 108% lower power consumption.
RX Vega 64 Nano, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470D and Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano. We've got no test results to judge.
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