Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) vs RX Vega M GL
Aggregated performance score
RX Vega M GL outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by 108% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 436 | 618 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 48 |
| Value for money | 2.57 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Vega (2017−2021) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 22 | Vega Raven Ridge |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 February 2018 (6 years ago) | 26 October 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Current price | $1307 | no data |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
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 | 1280 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 931 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1011 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.88 | no data |
| Floating-point performance | 2,588 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon RX Vega M GL and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 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 | no data |
Memory
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 | HBM2 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 1024 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Video outputs and ports
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 | No outputs | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | no data |
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 HD | 35−40
+94.4%
| 18
−94.4%
|
| 4K | 18−21
+80%
| 10
−80%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
High Preset
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20
+46.2%
|
13
−46.2%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20
+138%
|
8
−138%
|
4K
High Preset
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
This is how RX Vega M GL and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) compete in popular games:
- RX Vega M GL is 94.4% faster than RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in 1080p
- RX Vega M GL is 80% faster than RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega M GL is 600% faster than the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000).
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, RX Vega M GL surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in all 3 of our tests.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 9.35 | 4.49 |
| Recency | 1 February 2018 | 26 October 2017 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Radeon RX Vega M GL is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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