AMD Radeon VII vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon VII and AMD Radeon RX Vega videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 VII

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 432.24 GT/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16450 vs 12297
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 92182 vs 68096
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 206.353 vs 205.048
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 3986.188
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 17.999
  • 5.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11724 vs 2094
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2391
  • 5.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11724 vs 2094
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2019 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1750 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 432.24 GT/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16450 vs 12297
Geekbench - OpenCL 92182 vs 68096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 vs 205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 vs 3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 vs 17.999
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11724 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11724 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3840
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 788
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.468 vs 69.256
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1291.445 vs 499.927
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 3360
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 3360
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.468 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1291.445 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon VII
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16450
12297
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
788
882
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
92182
68096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
206.353
205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4659.199
3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.606
17.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.256
215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
499.927
1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
8455
Name AMD Radeon VII AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark 16450 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark 788 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 92182 68096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 17.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 69.256 215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 499.927 1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11724 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11724 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2307

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon VII AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.1 GCN 1.3
Code name Vega 20 Greenland
Design AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega
GCN generation 5th Gen
Launch date 7 February 2019 1 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $599.99
Place in performance rating 238 242
Price now $699.99 $409.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 32.74 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1750 MHz 1200 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3840 4096
Pixel fill rate 115.26 GP/s
Stream Processors 3840
Texture fill rate 432.24 GT/s 307.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 13,230 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 305 mm 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 W
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 1024 GB/s 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 HBM2

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore