Radeon RX Vega 3 vs ATI HD 5670 640SP Edition
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 777 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 79 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Vega (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | Juniper | Vega Raven Ridge |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 July 2010 (14 years ago) | 7 January 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $119 | no data |
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 | 640 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 4,940 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 64 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 24.00 | 12.13 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.96 gflops | 0.3882 gflops |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 12 |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR5 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | no data |
| 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 July 2010 | 7 January 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 64 Watt | 15 Watt |
RX Vega 3 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 326.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition and Radeon RX Vega 3. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 3 is a notebook one.
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