AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Vega 9

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.6x more pipelines: 576 vs 160
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 18 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 405 vs 202
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Pipelines	576 vs 160
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 18 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	405 vs 202
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590 vs 277

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

405

202

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1590

277

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 9	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	405	202
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590	277
Geekbench - OpenCL	9547
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2482

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 9	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale 2
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Caicos
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	815	817
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	576	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	4500 million	370 million
Core clock speed		875 MHz
Floating-point performance		280.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		7 GTexel / s
API support
DirectX	12.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Shared memory	Yes
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None