AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient vs AMD Radeon HD 8280E

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient and AMD Radeon HD 8280E videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient

AMD Radeon HD 8280E

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	23 April 2018 vs 23 April 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8280E

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8280E

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient	AMD Radeon HD 8280E
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	880
PassMark - G3D Mark		256
PassMark - G2D Mark		81
Geekbench - OpenCL		1210

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile Efficient	AMD Radeon HD 8280E
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Raven	Kalindi
Launch date	23 April 2018	23 April 2013
Place in performance rating	1546	1549
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	1,178 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5