Radeon RX 7950 XTX vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 580 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 27.89 | no data |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega Renoir | Navi 31 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) | no data (2024 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 | 384 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 57,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 355 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 1,267 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 81.1 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 192 |
| TMUs | no data | 384 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 96 |
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 | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 287 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 960.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 355 Watt |
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has 2266.7% lower power consumption.
RX 7950 XTX, on the other hand, has a 40% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon RX 7950 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7950 XTX 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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