CMP 30HX vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with CMP 30HX, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
8.37

CMP 30HX outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking494266
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data22.67
Power efficiency41.1311.64
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameVegaTU116
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2020 (5 years ago)25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

no data

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 cores5121408
Core clock speedno data1530 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistorsno data6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rateno data157.1
Floating-point processing powerno data5.027 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data88

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x4
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data336.0 GB/s
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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-7.5

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 HD23
−117%
50−55
+117%
1440p17
−135%
40−45
+135%
4K9
−133%
21−24
+133%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data15.98
1440pno data19.98
4Kno data38.05

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 13
−131%
30−33
+131%
Cyberpunk 2077 19
−111%
40−45
+111%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−124%
65−70
+124%
Counter-Strike 2 12
−125%
27−30
+125%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
−133%
35−40
+133%
Forza Horizon 4 32
−134%
75−80
+134%
Forza Horizon 5 21
−114%
45−50
+114%
Metro Exodus 27
−122%
60−65
+122%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
−127%
75−80
+127%
Valorant 44
−127%
100−105
+127%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−124%
65−70
+124%
Counter-Strike 2 9
−133%
21−24
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
−118%
24−27
+118%
Dota 2 29
−124%
65−70
+124%
Far Cry 5 30
−133%
70−75
+133%
Fortnite 50−55
−126%
120−130
+126%
Forza Horizon 4 27
−122%
60−65
+122%
Forza Horizon 5 13
−131%
30−33
+131%
Grand Theft Auto V 19
−111%
40−45
+111%
Metro Exodus 19
−111%
40−45
+111%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 57
−128%
130−140
+128%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12
−125%
27−30
+125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−122%
60−65
+122%
Valorant 14
−114%
30−33
+114%
World of Tanks 48
−129%
110−120
+129%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−124%
65−70
+124%
Counter-Strike 2 8
−125%
18−20
+125%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−133%
21−24
+133%
Dota 2 48
−129%
110−120
+129%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−130%
85−90
+130%
Forza Horizon 4 23
−117%
50−55
+117%
Forza Horizon 5 14
−114%
30−33
+114%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−125%
160−170
+125%
Valorant 37
−130%
85−90
+130%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 9
−133%
21−24
+133%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
−133%
21−24
+133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 22
−127%
50−55
+127%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
World of Tanks 21
−114%
45−50
+114%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−135%
40−45
+135%
Cyberpunk 2077 2
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−111%
40−45
+111%
Forza Horizon 4 16
−119%
35−40
+119%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%
Metro Exodus 17
−135%
40−45
+135%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−125%
27−30
+125%
Valorant 39
−131%
90−95
+131%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Dota 2 10
−110%
21−24
+110%
Grand Theft Auto V 10
−110%
21−24
+110%
Metro Exodus 6
−133%
14−16
+133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 13
−131%
30−33
+131%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10
−110%
21−24
+110%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−125%
18−20
+125%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Dota 2 18
−122%
40−45
+122%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−118%
24−27
+118%
Fortnite 9−10
−133%
21−24
+133%
Forza Horizon 4 9
−133%
21−24
+133%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Valorant 9−10
−133%
21−24
+133%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and CMP 30HX compete in popular games:

  • CMP 30HX is 117% faster in 1080p
  • CMP 30HX is 135% faster in 1440p
  • CMP 30HX is 133% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.37 19.74
Recency 7 January 2020 25 February 2021
Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.

CMP 30HX, on the other hand, has a 135.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The CMP 30HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while CMP 30HX is a workstation one.


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