AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 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.

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
11x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 165 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1584 vs 709
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 224
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3336
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3336

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2018 vs 26 January 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1584 vs 709
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6729 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6729 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

2.8x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1584

709

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

224

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6729

3336

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6729

3336

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1584	709
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	224
Geekbench - OpenCL	8805
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	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6729	3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	705

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Owl	R680
Launch date	13 February 2018	26 January 2008
Place in performance rating	950	934
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		2x 528.0 gflops
Pipelines		2x 320
Texture fill rate		2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
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 + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1802 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3