ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon Xpress 1250, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.04
+8118%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms ATI Xpress 1250 by a whopping 8118% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4801441
Place by popularity29not in top-100
Power efficiency42.01no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameVegaRS690
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)28 February 2007 (17 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 cores5124
Core clock speedno data400 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistorsno data120 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data1.600
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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 1.0 x16
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 widthno dataSystem 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_19.0b (9_2)
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

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 HD22-0−1
1440p16-0−1
4K10-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
+850%
2−3
−850%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20 0−1
Battlefield 5 27−30 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 60−65 0−1
Hitman 3 15
+275%
4−5
−275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+538%
8−9
−538%
Metro Exodus 35 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 33 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
+800%
4−5
−800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+114%
27−30
−114%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16 0−1
Battlefield 5 27−30 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+400%
2−3
−400%
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 60−65 0−1
Hitman 3 15
+275%
4−5
−275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+538%
8−9
−538%
Metro Exodus 25 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
+575%
4−5
−575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+178%
9−10
−178%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+114%
27−30
−114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+350%
2−3
−350%
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 60−65 0−1
Hitman 3 14
+250%
4−5
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
+200%
8−9
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
+475%
4−5
−475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−133%
27−30
+133%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 35−40 0−1
Hitman 3 10
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
+900%
2−3
−900%
Metro Exodus 17 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 59 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
+550%
2−3
−550%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40 0−1
Metro Exodus 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 900% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Xpress 1250 is 133% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is ahead in 28 tests (97%)
  • ATI Xpress 1250 is ahead in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.04 0.11
Recency 7 January 2020 28 February 2007
Chip lithography 7 nm 80 nm

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 8118.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Xpress 1250 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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