Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs RX Vega 2
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | RDNA 2 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Vega Raven Ridge | RDNA 2 Sephiroth |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2018 (6 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (1 year 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 | 128 | 512 |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no 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.
| Shared memory | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12_1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2018 | 9 November 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
Steam Deck 8CU has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 2 and Radeon Steam Deck 8CU. We've got no test results to judge.
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