AMD Radeon Vega 7 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 7 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Vega 7

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 7

Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 1200 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 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Around 14% higher pipelines: 512 vs 448
Around 13% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1429 vs 1262

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	512 vs 448
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429 vs 1262

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 7
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1262

1429

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 7	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1262	1429

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 7	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Vega
Code name	Renoir	Vega Raven Ridge
Launch date	Q1'2020	26 Oct 2017
Place in performance rating	1044	949
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1900 MHz	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	448	512
Video outputs and ports
Number of simultaneous displays	3
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode