Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition vs Switch GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGM20BVega 10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2017 (7 years ago)8 August 2017 (7 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 cores2564096
Core clock speed384 MHz1406 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHz1677 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology20 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate12.29429.3
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPSno data
ROPs864
TMUs16256

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-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 typeDDR4HBM2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1890 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s483.8 GB/s

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 outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2017 8 August 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 20 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 225 Watt

Switch GPU has 1400% lower power consumption.

RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU and Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Switch GPU is a notebook card while Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition is a desktop one.


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