GeForce GTX 1170 vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking763not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.09no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)no data
GPU code nameVega Raven Ridgeno data
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores384no data
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno 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-no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1no data

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and GeForce GTX 1170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1170 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1170
GeForce GTX 1170

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