ATI Radeon SDR PCI vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking656not rated
Place by popularity30not in top-100
Power efficiency20.77no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeRage 6
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2000 (24 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 cores512no data
Core clock speedno data166 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data30 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data6

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).

Interfaceno dataPCI
Lengthno data165 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataSDR
Maximum RAM amountno data32 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data166 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data2.656 GB/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 Connectorsno data1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_17.0
OpenGLno data1.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2017 1 June 2000
Chip lithography 14 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 23 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) has an age advantage of 17 years, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 53.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon SDR PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while Radeon SDR PCI is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
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