Radeon RX Vega 7 vs Ellesmere
Aggregated performance score
Ellesmere outperforms Radeon RX Vega 7 by 163% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 270 | 499 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 10 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 10.91 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Vega (2017−2021) |
| GPU code name | Ellesmere | Vega Raven Ridge |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | no data | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Current price | $16.24 | $387 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | 448 |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
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.
| Shared memory | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | no data |
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 | 60−65
+161%
| 23
−161%
|
| 1440p | 80−85
+150%
| 32
−150%
|
| 4K | 45−50
+150%
| 18
−150%
|
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 19.55 | 7.42 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
The Ellesmere is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 7 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ellesmere is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 7 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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