AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 vs AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 and AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 - Video Composition (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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 244
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1584 vs 506
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8804 vs 3208
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 7 Jan 2018
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 244
PassMark - G3D Mark 1584 vs 506
Geekbench - OpenCL 8804 vs 3208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
244
413
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
506
1584
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3208
8804
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
PassMark - G2D Mark 244 413
PassMark - G3D Mark 506 1584
Geekbench - OpenCL 3208 8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 132.07
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 705

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Essentials

Architecture Vega GCN 5.0
Code name Vega Raven Ridge Owl
Launch date 7 Jan 2018 13 February 2018
Place in performance rating 949 950
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 128
Transistor count 4500 million 4,940 million
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP
Supplementary power connectors None