Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs 8060S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8060S and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 8060S
2025
37.66
+359%

8060S outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 359% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking110506
Place by popularitynot in top-10029
Power efficiencyno data40.87
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameStrix PointVega
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2025 (recently)7 January 2020 (5 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 cores2560512
Core clock speed1295 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2335 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors34,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate373.6no data
Floating-point processing power11.96 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no data
Ray Tracing Cores40no 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).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12_1
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

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 HD100−110
+355%
22
−355%
1440p70−75
+338%
16
−338%
4K45−50
+350%
10
−350%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 63
+0%
63
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+0%
18
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 18
+0%
18
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 43
+0%
43
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
+0%
13
+0%
Far Cry 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Fortnite 47
+0%
47
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 14
+0%
14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Valorant 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 19
+0%
19
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 48
+0%
48
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+0%
9
+0%
Dota 2 51
+0%
51
+0%
Far Cry 5 20
+0%
20
+0%
Fortnite 31
+0%
31
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 28
+0%
28
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 19
+0%
19
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 10
+0%
10
+0%
Metro Exodus 16
+0%
16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+0%
21
+0%
Valorant 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30
+0%
30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+0%
9
+0%
Dota 2 48
+0%
48
+0%
Far Cry 5 19
+0%
19
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+0%
14
+0%
Valorant 37
+0%
37
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18
+0%
18
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21
+0%
21
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
+0%
9
+0%
Metro Exodus 10
+0%
10
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 22
+0%
22
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
+0%
5
+0%
Far Cry 5 16
+0%
16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 10
+0%
10
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Metro Exodus 6
+0%
6
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Valorant 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 18
+0%
18
+0%
Far Cry 5 8
+0%
8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

This is how Radeon 8060S and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8060S is 355% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 8060S is 338% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon 8060S is 350% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 66 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.66 8.21
Chip lithography 4 nm 7 nm

Radeon 8060S has a 358.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 8060S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

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