AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs AMD FirePro S7150

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and AMD FirePro S7150 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 15x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 583
  • 5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 583
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 November 2017 vs 1 February 2016
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 583

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150

  • 3.5x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 117.6 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
  • 3.5x more pipelines: 1792 vs 512
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 3,763 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
  • 6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 414 vs 399
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3770 vs 1527
  • 3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27128 vs 8941
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4359 vs 3157
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4359 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1050 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 117.6 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 512
Floating-point performance 3,763 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 414 vs 399
PassMark - G3D Mark 3770 vs 1527
Geekbench - OpenCL 27128 vs 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4359 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4359 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S7150

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
399
414
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1527
3770
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8941
27128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
4359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
583
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile AMD FirePro S7150
PassMark - G2D Mark 399 414
PassMark - G3D Mark 1527 3770
Geekbench - OpenCL 8941 27128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3157 4359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3157 4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 570.969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 23.637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6147

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile AMD FirePro S7150

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Vega Tonga
Launch date 24 November 2017 1 February 2016
Place in performance rating 657 660
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $2,399

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1050 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,126 gflops 3,763 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 1792
Texture fill rate 35.2 GTexel / s 117.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 4,500 million 5,000 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type DDR4 GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5