Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs HD 8740 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	368
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	9.04
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	Vega Mobile
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 September 2013 (10 years ago)	15 November 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data
Current price	no data	$511

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	512	1024
Core clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1190 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.60	76.16
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8740 OEM and Radeon Pro Vega 16 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	1024 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	307.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 September 2013	15 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	75 Watt

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