ATI WinBoost 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 ranking	763	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	14.04	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Mach64
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)	1 November 1995 (29 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$229

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	384	no data
Core clock speed	no data	40 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	600 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
ROPs	no data	1

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	no data	PCI
Width	no data	1-slot

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	no data	EDO
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 MB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	40 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	320.0 MB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

no data

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	N/A
OpenGL	no data	N/A
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 January 2018	1 November 1995
Chip lithography	14 nm	600 nm

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