Switch GPU vs Radeon Sky 700

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameTahitiGM20B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 March 2013 (11 years ago)17 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price$892 $70

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 cores1792256
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data768 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate100.812.29
Floating-point performance3,226 gflopsno data

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5500 MHz3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth176 GB/s25.6 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DisplayPortNo outputs
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDAno data5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 March 2013 17 March 2017
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon Sky 700 and Switch GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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