AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs AMD Radeon E8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 and AMD Radeon E8870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

AMD Radeon E8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
5200x more texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 3072 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11300 vs 3368
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 708
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 135.416 vs 36.948
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3063.269 vs 874.689
11.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.678 vs 1.11
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11925 vs 4620
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11925 vs 4620

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 March 2019 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	249.6 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3072 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11300 vs 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark	784 vs 708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	135.416 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3063.269 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.678 vs 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11925 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11925 vs 4620

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

166.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 12500 million
7.6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3947
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 10411
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3947
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 10411

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 12500 million
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030 vs 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191 vs 10411
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030 vs 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191 vs 10411

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11300

3368

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

708

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.416

36.948

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3063.269

874.689

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.678

1.11

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11925

4620

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3947

5030

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10411

18191

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11925

4620

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3947

5030

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10411

18191

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48	AMD Radeon E8870
PassMark - G3D Mark	11300	3368
PassMark - G2D Mark	784	708
Geekbench - OpenCL	53445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	135.416	36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3063.269	874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.678	1.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	883.876
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11925	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3947	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	10411	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11925	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3947	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	10411	18191

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48	AMD Radeon E8870
Essentials
Architecture	Vega 10 PRO	GCN 2.0
Code name	Greenland	Saturn
GCN generation	GCN 5.0
Launch date	19 March 2019	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	229	341
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	768
Pixel fill rate	83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	249.6 GTexel/s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12500 million	75 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,536 gflops
Transistor count		2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)	6000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)