Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) VS Radeon HD 7870

Explore the complete details of Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) VS Radeon HD 7870, including specs, performance benchmarks

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Radeon HD 7870

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) GPU by AMD. features a Vega (2017−2020) architecture. with 512 CUDA cores. and a boost clock of 1200 MHz MHz. It offers System Shared memory with System Shared GB capacity and a System Shared-bit interface. With a power consumption (TDP) of 15W. it supports DirectX 12 (12_1), Vulkan 1.2 for enhanced performance.

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) GPU by AMD. features a Vega (2017−2020) architecture. with 512 CUDA cores. and a boost clock of 1200 MHz MHz. It offers System Shared memory with System Shared GB capacity and a System Shared-bit interface. With a power consumption (TDP) of 15W. it supports DirectX 12 (12_1), Vulkan 1.2 for enhanced performance.

Benchmark Performance

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
4.37

Radeon HD 7870
10.92

General Information

Basic details about the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000), including manufacturer, ranking, and release date.

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Radeon HD 7870 Radeon HD 7870
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Ranking 698 436
Popularity Rank 38 not in top-100
Architecture Vega (2017−2020) GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name Vega Raven Ridge Pitcairn
Market Segmente Laptop Desktop
Length - Width N/A - N/A 241 mm - 2-slot
Release Date 26 October 2017 5 March 2012

Performance

Details on clock speeds, cores, and floating-point processing power of Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) VS Radeon HD 7870.

Core Clock Speed 300 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock Speed 1200 MHz N/A
Floating Point Processing Power 1.843 TFLOPS 2.56 TFLOPS
No of Transistors 9,800 million 2,800 million
CUDA Cores 512 1280
Ray Tracing Cores N/A N/A
Tensor Cores N/A N/A
Texture Fill Rate 57.60 80.00
ROPs 8 32

Performance Score Comparison

Connectivity & API Support

Available display connectors and API compatibility for enhanced performance.

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Radeon HD 7870 Radeon HD 7870
Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI N/A 1
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 1.2
Vulkan 1.2 1.2.131
CUDA N/A N/A
DLSS N/A N/A
TMUs 32 80

Memory & Bus

Information on memory type, capacity, and bandwidth to evaluate data processing power.

Memory Type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM System Shared 2 GB
Memory Bus Width System Shared 256 Bit
Memory Clock Speed System Shared 1200 MHz
Memory Bandwidth N/A GB/s 153.6 GB/s GB/s
Resizable BAR N/A N/A

Power & Efficiency

Power consumption, efficiency, and additional power requirements.

Power Consumption (TDP) 15 W 175 W
Power Efficiency 20.68 4.65
Manufacturing Process 14 nm 28 nm
Supplementary Power Connectors None 2x 6-pin

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