Radeon RX Vega 2 vs UHD Graphics 617

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking849not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.73no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameAmber Lake GT2Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 November 2018 (5 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 cores192128
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate25.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.4032 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3no data
TMUs24no data

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).

InterfaceRing Busno data
WidthIGPno data

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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 November 2018 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm

UHD Graphics 617 has an age advantage of 10 months.

RX Vega 2, on the other hand, has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 617 and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 617 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 2 is a notebook one.


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Intel UHD Graphics 617
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
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