ATI Radeon X1900 XTX vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking770not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.89no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeR580
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)24 January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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
Core clock speed300 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors9,800 million384 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt135 Watt
Texture fill rate40.8010.40
Floating-point processing power1.306 TFLOPSno data
ROPs816
TMUs2416

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared775 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data49.6 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1 (full) 3.0 (partial)
OpenCL2.1N/A
Vulkan1.2N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2018 24 January 2006
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 135 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) has an age advantage of 11 years, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 800% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon X1900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while Radeon X1900 XTX is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
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