Radeon Vega 7 vs R5 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Carrizo) and Radeon Vega 7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.84

Vega 7 outperforms R5 (Carrizo) by a whopping 307% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking919532
Place by popularitynot in top-10012
Power efficiency3.6311.47
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameCarrizoCezanne
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 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 cores256448
Core clock speedno data300 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data53.20
Floating-point processing powerno data1.702 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data28

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 (Carrizo) 1.84
Vega 7 7.48
+307%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R5 (Carrizo) 1711
Vega 7 5249
+207%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R5 (Carrizo) 1001
Vega 7 3348
+234%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R5 (Carrizo) 5804
Vega 7 24726
+326%

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 HD5−6
−360%
23
+360%
1440p6−7
−317%
25
+317%
4K3−4
−400%
15
+400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Elden Ring 2−3
−600%
14
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−700%
24−27
+700%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−190%
29
+190%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−2000%
21
+2000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−238%
27
+238%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−700%
24−27
+700%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Dota 2 3−4
−467%
17
+467%
Elden Ring 2−3
−700%
16
+700%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−133%
28
+133%
Fortnite 9−10
−389%
40−45
+389%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−140%
24
+140%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−1400%
15
+1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−156%
46
+156%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−163%
21−24
+163%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−188%
21−24
+188%
World of Tanks 35−40
−61.1%
58
+61.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−700%
24−27
+700%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Dota 2 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−175%
30−35
+175%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−110%
21
+110%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−233%
60−65
+233%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−275%
45−50
+275%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
World of Tanks 10−12
−391%
50−55
+391%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−167%
16−18
+167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Valorant 7−8
−171%
18−20
+171%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Elden Ring 0−1 4−5
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−300%
60−65
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−340%
21−24
+340%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Dota 2 16−18
−306%
65−70
+306%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Fortnite 0−1 7−8
Valorant 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Valorant 29
+0%
29
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Valorant 14
+0%
14
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Valorant 25
+0%
25
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

This is how R5 (Carrizo) and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • Vega 7 is 360% faster in 1080p
  • Vega 7 is 317% faster in 1440p
  • Vega 7 is 400% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Vega 7 is 2000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Vega 7 is ahead in 37 tests (77%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (23%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.84 7.48
Recency 4 June 2015 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 45 Watt

R5 (Carrizo) has 275% lower power consumption.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has a 306.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Carrizo) in performance tests.


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