Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs Vega Frontier Edition

Place in performance ranking	139	449
Place by popularity	not in top-100	40
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.11	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Vega
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	$961 (1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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	4096	512
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	2100 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	no data
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no data

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 type	HBM2	no data
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	no data
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.1.125	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	85−90 +270%	23 −270%
1440p	60−65 +275%	16 −275%
4K	35−40 +250%	10 −250%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+375%

4−5
−375%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +375%	4−5 −375%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20 +300%	5−6 −300%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +300%	7−8 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 +367%	3−4 −367%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +320%	5−6 −320%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +317%	6−7 −317%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +340%	10−11 −340%
Hitman 3	15 +400%	3−4 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	44 +340%	10−11 −340%
Metro Exodus	35 +289%	9−10 −289%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 +313%	8−9 −313%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32 +300%	8−9 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21 +320%	5−6 −320%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +375%	4−5 −375%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16 +300%	4−5 −300%
Battlefield 5	27−30 +300%	7−8 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 +400%	2−3 −400%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +320%	5−6 −320%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +317%	6−7 −317%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +340%	10−11 −340%
Hitman 3	16 +300%	4−5 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +290%	10−11 −290%
Metro Exodus	25 +317%	6−7 −317%
Red Dead Redemption 2	25 +317%	6−7 −317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27 +286%	7−8 −286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21 +320%	5−6 −320%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +313%	8−9 −313%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +375%	4−5 −375%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14 +367%	3−4 −367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +350%	2−3 −350%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +320%	5−6 −320%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +340%	10−11 −340%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24 +300%	6−7 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	23 +283%	6−7 −283%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +367%	3−4 −367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +300%	3−4 −300%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+320%

5−6
−320%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11 +450%	2−3 −450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	16 +300%	4−5 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +325%	4−5 −325%
Hitman 3	10 +400%	2−3 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20 +300%	5−6 −300%
Metro Exodus	17 +325%	4−5 −325%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 +300%	4−5 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8 +300%	2−3 −300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+333%

3−4
−333%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10 +400%	2−3 −400%
Metro Exodus	8 +300%	2−3 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	0−1