AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 20x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 200 Watt
Launch date | 24 November 2017 vs 7 March 2013 |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
- 2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 2.5x more texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
- 3.5x more pipelines: 1792 vs 512
- 2.5x better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
- 12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
- 6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Core clock speed | 800 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 89.6 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1792 vs 512 |
Floating-point performance | 2,867 gflops vs 1,126 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 388 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1501 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 8941 | |
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 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.802 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1230.769 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 81.68 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 370.179 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile | AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 5.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | Vega | Tahiti |
Launch date | 24 November 2017 | 7 March 2013 |
Place in performance rating | 669 | 666 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,126 gflops | 2,867 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 512 | 1792 |
Texture fill rate | 35.2 GTexel / s | 89.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt | 200 Watt |
Transistor count | 4,500 million | 4,313 million |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 279 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB / s | 240.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 5000 MHz |
Memory type | DDR4 | GDDR5 |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | |
OpenGL | 4.5 |