Switch GPU vs Radeon RX 5800

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameNavi 23GM20B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data17 March 2017 (7 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 cores3072256
Core clock speedno data384 MHz
Boost clock speed1735 MHz768 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate333.112.29
Floating-point processing power10.66 TFLOPS0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs19216

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 4.0 x16IGP
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeGDDR6DDR4
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 15 Watt

RX 5800 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

Switch GPU, on the other hand, has 1733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5800 and Switch GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5800 is a desktop card while Switch GPU is a notebook one.


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