Radeon Instinct Vega vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	737	not rated
Place by popularity	45	not in top-100
Power efficiency	21.51	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Vega 20
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	26 October 2017 (8 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	no data
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	9,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	57.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.843 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	32	no 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).

Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 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 type	System Shared	no data
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	no data
Memory bus width	System Shared	no data
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2400 MHz
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.2	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	225 Watt