AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1579 vs 401
  • 14.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 29
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3345
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3345
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 19 November 2007
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1579 vs 401
PassMark - G2D Mark 408 vs 29
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 vs 3345

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 668 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1579
401
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
408
29
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3345
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark 1579 401
PassMark - G2D Mark 408 29
Geekbench - OpenCL 8803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 132.07
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 3345
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 705

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded ATI Radeon HD 3850

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 TeraScale
Code name Owl RV670
Launch date 13 February 2018 19 November 2007
Place in performance rating 932 1463
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $179

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 668 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 666 million
Floating-point performance 427.5 gflops
Pipelines 320
Texture fill rate 10.69 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 208 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1660 MHz
Memory type GDDR3