GM206 vs Radeon RX Vega 5
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 649 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 22.75 | no data |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Vega | GM206 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) | no data |
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 | 320 | 1024 |
| Boost clock speed | 1400 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,940 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 64 |
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.
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| NVENC | - | 5th Gen |
| PureVideo HD | no data | VP7 |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 28 nm |
RX Vega 5 has a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 5 and GM206. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 5 is a notebook card while GM206 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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