AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1826 vs 1429

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 26 Oct 2017
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 512
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826 vs 1429

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1429

1826

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429	1826
Geekbench - OpenCL		20572
PassMark - G2D Mark		383
PassMark - G3D Mark		3168

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	GCN 4.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Baffin
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	3 April 2018
Place in performance rating	949	486
Type	Laptop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	1024
Compute units		14/16
Core clock speed		1175 MHz
Floating-point performance		2.6 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		20.40 GP/s
Render output units		16
Stream Processors		896/1024
Texture fill rate		81.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units		64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Transistor count		3,000 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		112 GB/s
Memory bus width		128 bit
Memory clock speed		7000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support