Radeon Vega 8 vs Radeon RX Vega 64
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon Vega 8 |
| 230 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 64 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 64 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX Vega 64
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon Vega 8 | | Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Raven Ridge () | vs | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 210 mm² | vs | 484 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,940 million | vs | 12,500 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 4096 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 64 |
| Core clock | 300 MHz | vs | 1250 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 256 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon Vega 8 | | Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | HBM2 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 2048 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 945 MHz
1890 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon Vega 8 | | Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 295 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Feb 2018 | vs | 8 Aug 2017 |
Radeon Vega 8
17.60 GP/s
Radeon RX Vega 64
96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
35.20 GT/s
Radeon RX Vega 64
384.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
0.00 GB/s
Radeon RX Vega 64
483.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
1126.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX Vega 64
12288.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better