AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and ATI Radeon HD 4850 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 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
7.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 110 Watt
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1584 vs 932
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 81
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3344
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2018 vs 25 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1584 vs 932
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6729 vs 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6729 vs 3344

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

2.1x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1584

932

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6729

3344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6729

3344

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded	ATI Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark	1584	932
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	81
Geekbench - OpenCL	8806
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	3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6729	3344
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	705

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded	ATI Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Owl	RV770
Launch date	13 February 2018	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	950	1273
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		1,000.0 gflops
Pipelines		800
Texture fill rate		25 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		246 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1986 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3