Radeon Vega 3 Efficient vs RX Vega 3

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking738not rated
Place by popularity74not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.99no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeRaven
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)26 May 2018 (5 years ago)
Current price$371 $562

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192192
Core clock speed600 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors4,940 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate12.1312.00

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon Vega 3 Efficient compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfaceIGPIGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2018 26 May 2018

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 3 and Radeon Vega 3 Efficient. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 3 is a notebook card while Radeon Vega 3 Efficient is a desktop one.


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