AMD Radeon RX Vega 8: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Radeon RX Vega 8 sales 26 October 2017. This is Vega architecture notebook card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers.

Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated video card. Power consumption is at 65 Watt.

General info

Of Radeon RX Vega 8's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	529
Value for money	4.73
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	26 October 2017 (4 years ago)
Price now	$273	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

Radeon RX Vega 8's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX Vega 8's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	of 18432 (AD102)
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	4,940 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	65 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	35.20	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon RX Vega 8's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Interface	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX Vega 8: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	System Shared	of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed	System Shared	of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX Vega 8. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API support

APIs supported by Radeon RX Vega 8, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon RX Vega 8. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Radeon RX Vega 8 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	19
4K	10

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	15
Battlefield 5	24
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16
Far Cry 5	12
Far Cry New Dawn	13
Forza Horizon 4	26
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7
Red Dead Redemption 2	12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11
Battlefield 5	22
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6
Far Cry 5	9
Far Cry New Dawn	15
Forza Horizon 4	30
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7
Metro Exodus	7
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8
Battlefield 5	23
Far Cry 5	9
Far Cry New Dawn	14
Forza Horizon 4	23
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7
Metro Exodus	6−7
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7
Battlefield 5	6−7
Far Cry 5	6−7
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	6−7

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7
Metro Exodus	6−7
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4
Battlefield 5	6
Far Cry 5	6−7
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	9

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon RX Vega 8 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

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