Radeon Graphics 512SP vs RX Vega 56 Mobile
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 5.0 (2017−2020) | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | Renoir |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 June 2018 (6 years ago) | 7 March 2020 (4 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 | 3584 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 1138 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1301 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 9,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 291.4 | 67.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.326 TFLOPS | 2.15 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 224 | 32 |
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 | IGP |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | HBM2 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 409.6 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Motherboard Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2018 | 7 March 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 15 Watt |
Graphics 512SP has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile and Radeon Graphics 512SP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon Graphics 512SP is a desktop one.
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