Switch 2 GPU vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.4 (2017)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameVega 10GA10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (8 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $449

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 cores40961536
Core clock speed1500 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate409.667.20
Floating-point processing powerno data4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs25648
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mm272 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno 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.

Memory typeHBM2LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1886 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth482.8 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 40 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition Liquid has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 837.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Liquid and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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