AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient and AMD Radeon HD 8670D 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 32 nm
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1894 vs 533
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 187
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2408 vs 920
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 1980
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2408 vs 920
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 1980

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 April 2018 vs 4 June 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1894 vs 533
PassMark - G2D Mark	355 vs 187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2408 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2408 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

2.8x more core clock speed: 844 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	844 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670D

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1894

533

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

355

187

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2408

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3170

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2408

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3170

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3340

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
PassMark - G3D Mark	1894	533
PassMark - G2D Mark	355	187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	176.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	135.437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2408	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2408	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	862
Geekbench - OpenCL		2136

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Terascale 3
Code name	Raven	Richland
Launch date	23 April 2018	4 June 2013
Place in performance rating	931	1204
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million
Pipelines		384
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Shared memory		1