RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs Radeon RX Vega M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon RX Vega M with RTX 4000 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.
RTX 4000 Ada Generation outperforms M by a whopping 265% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 376 | 48 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 80.36 | 33.81 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega | AD104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 February 2018 (8 years ago) | 9 August 2023 (2 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 | 512 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1190 MHz | 2175 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,500 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 130 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.08 | 417.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 26.73 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 32 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 192 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 48 MB |
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 | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 245 mm |
| Width | IGP | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 20 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 160 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 360.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 15.67 | 57.14 |
| Recency | 1 February 2018 | 9 August 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 130 Watt |
RX Vega M has 766.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 264.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX 4000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M is a desktop graphics card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.
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