RTX A1000 vs Radeon RX Vega 9

Place in the ranking	604	197
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	25.76	39.05
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	16 April 2024 (less than a 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	576	2304
Core clock speed	no data	727 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1462 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	105.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	6.737 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	72
Tensor Cores	no data	72
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	18

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	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	163 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.0 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 Connectors

no data

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−400%

80−85
+400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
−400%

45−50

+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −400%	80−85 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −400%	180−190 +400%
Hitman 3	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −386%	170−180 +386%
Metro Exodus	21 −376%	100−105 +376%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 −400%	100−105 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −390%	240−250 +390%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −400%	80−85 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −400%	180−190 +400%
Hitman 3	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −386%	170−180 +386%
Metro Exodus	16 −400%	80−85 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 −400%	100−105 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −400%	95−100 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −390%	240−250 +390%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −400%	180−190 +400%
Hitman 3	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −386%	170−180 +386%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 −400%	100−105 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 −400%	40−45 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −390%	240−250 +390%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−400%

75−80
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Hitman 3	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −400%	180−190 +400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−400%

50−55
+400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Hitman 3	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
−400%

30−33

+400%

This is how RX Vega 9 and RTX A1000 compete in popular games:

RTX A1000 is 400% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.54	28.00
Recency	26 October 2017	16 April 2024
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 233.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A1000, on the other hand, has a 405.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 9 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook card while RTX A1000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.