Radeon Vega 8 Overview

Radeon Vega 8
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2018
Radeon Vega 8

Core Configuration

GPU Raven Ridge
Architecture 105
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 512 : 32 : 16
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 1126.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 0 Mb
Memory Bus Width System Shared
Memory Speed System Shared
Memory Bandwidth 0.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • Radeon R7 265
    100%
  • Radeon RX Vega 11
    99%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    97%
  • Radeon R7 360E
    97%
  • Radeon R7 360
    97%
  • GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
    95%
  • Radeon RX 550
    94%
  • Radeon HD 7850
    92%
  • Radeon R7 260
    92%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    84%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    79%
  • GeForce GTX 750
    78%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB
    71%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    67%
  • Radeon R7 250X
    64%
  • Radeon Vega 8
    63%
  • Radeon R7 250XE
    58%
  • GeForce GTX 650
    45%
  • Radeon R7 250E
    43%
  • Radeon HD 7750
    43%
  • GeForce GT 740
    42%
  • Radeon R7 250
    40%
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    38%
  • GeForce GT 640
    38%
  • Radeon HD 7730
    32%
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    24%
  • Radeon R7 240
    24%
  • GeForce GT 720
    17%
  • Radeon HD 5970
    13%
  • Radeon HD 5870
    8%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon Vega 8 is a graphics card released by AMD on 13 Feb 2018. The graphics card houses the Raven Ridge die, based on the 105 architecture which packs 4,940 million transistors on a 14 nm, 210 mm2 die.

Radeon Vega 8 pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon Vega 8Radeon R7 265Radeon HD 5970Radeon HD 5870
Radeon Vega 8Radeon R7 265Radeon HD 5970Radeon HD 5870
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Shader units512102416001600
ROPs16323232
Graphics processorRaven RidgePitcairnHemlockCypress
Process size14 nm28 nm40 nm40 nm
Memory0 Mb System Shared (System Shared)2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)
1024 Mb GDDR5 (1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective)
1024 Mb GDDR5 (1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective)
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 bit256 bit x2256 bit
Memory bandwidth0.00 Gb/s179.20 Gb/s256.00 Gb/s154.00 Gb/s
Release date13 Feb 201813 Feb 201418 Nov 200923 Sep 2009