AMD Radeon Vega 7 vs AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 7 and AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Vega 7

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 7

Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 1340 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm

Boost clock speed	1900 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

5.1x more pipelines: 2304 vs 448
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3510 vs 1262

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2304 vs 448
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3510 vs 1262

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 7
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1262

3510

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 7	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1262	3510

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 7	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	GCN 4.0
Code name	Renoir	Polaris 20
Launch date	Q1'2020	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1044	363
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$301.69
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		62.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1900 MHz	1340 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	448	2304
Compute units		36
Core clock speed		1257 MHz
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units		144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		185 Watt
Transistor count		5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Number of simultaneous displays	3
Display Connectors		No outputs
VGA
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth		256 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory clock speed		8000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt