Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 619 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 37 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2021) | RDNA 2 (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | Vega Raven Ridge | RDNA 2 Sephiroth |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (6 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (less than a year ago) |
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 | 512 | 512 |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 6 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 | - | - |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12_1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 October 2017 | 9 November 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon Steam Deck 8CU. We've got no test results to judge.
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