AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R7 250X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and AMD Radeon R7 250X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 80 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 November 2017 vs 13 February 2014
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 38 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 1,216 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 392
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 1494
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3157
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 38 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,216 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 637 vs 392
PassMark - G3D Mark 2269 vs 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250X

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
392
637
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1494
2269
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3358
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile AMD Radeon R7 250X
PassMark - G2D Mark 392 637
PassMark - G3D Mark 1494 2269
Geekbench - OpenCL 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3157 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3157 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.963
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3916
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile AMD Radeon R7 250X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Vega Cape Verde
Launch date 24 November 2017 13 February 2014
Place in performance rating 663 666
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Price now $260.70
Value for money (0-100) 11.25

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,126 gflops 1,216 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 640
Texture fill rate 35.2 GTexel / s 38 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 4,500 million 1,500 million
Stream Processors 640

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 96 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory type DDR4 GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync