Stream Processor vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking584not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency28.07no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)
GPU code nameVega RenoirR580
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)2006 (18 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed400 MHz594 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data384 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rateno data9.504
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data16

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1296 MBps
Memory bandwidthno data41.47 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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_19.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial)
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 7 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 165 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Stream Processor. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Stream Processor is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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