Radeon HD 2900 XT vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Place in performance ranking	735	890
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	R600
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)	14 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$399

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	384	320
Core clock speed	no data	743 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	720 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	215 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	11.89
Floating-point performance	no data	475.5 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon HD 2900 XT 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.

Interface	no data	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 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	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	512 MB
Memory bus width	no data	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1656 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	106.0 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 data

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	no data	4.0
OpenGL	no data	3.3
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

16
+77.8%

9−10

−77.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+100%

3−4

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
Battlefield 5	11 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Hitman 3	13 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Metro Exodus	13 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9 +80%	5−6 −80%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7 +133%	3−4 −133%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	15 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	9 +80%	5−6 −80%
Hitman 3	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7 +133%	3−4 −133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 +80%	5−6 −80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +100%	3−4 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+133%

3−4

−133%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1