AMD Radeon 780M vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 780M

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.6x more boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1100 MHz
3954.5x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 14 nm
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27793 vs 8941
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 399
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6998 vs 1527

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 24 November 2017
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793 vs 8941
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 399
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998 vs 1527

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27793

8941

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

879

399

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6998

1527

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793	8941
PassMark - G2D Mark	879	399
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998	1527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	480
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Phoenix	Vega
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	24 November 2017
Place in performance rating	240	665
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	1100 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	768	512
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,126 gflops
Transistor count		4,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	800 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	DDR4