AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later

Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 24 November 2017

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 333
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1527 vs 1308
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8941 vs 7172

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 333
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527 vs 1308
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941 vs 7172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

333

399

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1308

1527

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7172

8941

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	333	399
PassMark - G3D Mark	1308	1527
Geekbench - OpenCL	7172	8941
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Raven	Vega
Launch date	1 February 2018	24 November 2017
Place in performance rating	873	665
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	4,500 million
Floating-point performance		1,126 gflops
Pipelines		512
Texture fill rate		35.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR4