Radeon RX 5900 XT vs RX Vega 11
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 573 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.76 | no data |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2021) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | Vega Raven Ridge | Navi 21 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (6 years ago) | no data |
| Current price | $475 | $391 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 704 | 4352 |
| Boost clock speed | 1240 MHz | 1735 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | 21,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 61.60 | 471.9 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,760 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 | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 14000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 672.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | 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 | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 300 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 11 and Radeon RX 5900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
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