Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs GeForce 8300
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 8300 with Radeon Pro Vega 48, including specs and performance data.
Pro 48 outperforms 8300 by a whopping 11129% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1432 | 241 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.46 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | C78 | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 6 May 2008 (17 years ago) | 19 March 2019 (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 cores | 16 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 249.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.048 TFLOPS | 7.987 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 64 |
| TMUs | 8 | 192 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 768 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
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 | PCI | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| 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 | System Shared | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 786 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 402.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.125 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.24 | 26.95 |
| Recency | 6 May 2008 | 19 March 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 14 nm |
Pro Vega 48 has a 11129% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 471% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon Pro Vega 48 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8300 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce 8300 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 is a mobile workstation one.
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