IBM vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	548	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	IBM (1999−2001)
GPU code name	Vega Renoir	IBM
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	no data
Current price	no data	$7.54

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	no data
Core clock speed	400 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	6.0
OpenGL	no data	1.2
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

7 nm

250 nm

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