AMD Radeon Vega 3 vs AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 and AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. 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 Vega 3

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1412 vs 1106
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2111 vs 1841
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1412 vs 1106
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2111 vs 1841
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 5 May 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1412 vs 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2111 vs 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1412 vs 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2111 vs 1841

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

  • 3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 806.4 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5150 vs 3963
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3260 vs 3174
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3260 vs 3174
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.2 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 806.4 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5150 vs 3963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3260 vs 3174
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3260 vs 3174

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3963
5150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1412
1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2111
1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3174
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1412
1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2111
1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3174
3260
Name AMD Radeon Vega 3 AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 889
PassMark - G2D Mark 303
Geekbench - OpenCL 3963 5150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 183.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1412 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2111 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3174 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1412 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2111 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3174 3260
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 418

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 3 AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Owl Oland
Launch date 13 February 2018 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 1267 1281
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 806.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 192 384
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s 25.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5