Radeon RX Vega 8
[ RADEON ] Graphics Cards

Radeon RX Vega 8

Overall Score
20/100
GRADE D · Poor
Key Technical Specifications
Graphics (GPU) GCN 5.0
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]

Radeon RX Vega 8 is an engineering-tested graphics cards achieving an overall rating of 20/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.

Benchmark Performance Scores

Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
81/100
Rating: Very Good
Gaming
6/100
Rating: Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
Fire Strike 4497
Night Raid 18010
Time Spy 1410
Wild Life Extreme 2532

API

API specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
DLSS No
DirectX 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Ray Tracing No
Vulkan 1.3

Games

Games specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
1080p High 16
1080p Ultra 12
1440p Ultra 9
4K Ultra -
CoD: Modern Warfare III 221714-
Counter-Strike 2 271612-
Cyberpunk 2077 ----
Far Cry 6 201710-
Forza Horizon 5 251110-
Ghost of Tsushima 129--
Hogwarts Legacy 11---
Margin of Error Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 141310-
The Witcher 3 910--

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
Backend DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 3885
Face Detection (HP) 2819
Framework ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 924
Image Segmentation (HP) 1148
Image Super Resolution (Q) 2211
Machine Translation (HP) 1021
Object Detection (SP) 1040
Pose Estimation (Q) 7106
Style Transfer (SP) 14495
Text Classification (SP) 832

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
API OpenCL
Background Blur 21.2 img/sec
Edge Detection 0.65 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 10.9 img/sec
Feature Matching 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.51 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 1322.9 FPS
Stereo Matching 34.9 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
Architecture GCN 5.0
Build Integrated
Case Laptop
GPU Codename Raven
Purpose Generic
Recommended CPU -AMD Ryzen 7 4800Uor above
Released February 13, 2018
Segment Entry-level
Used in CPUs -AMD Ryzen 7 7730U-AMD Ryzen 7 5825U-AMD Ryzen 7 5700G-AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U-AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS-AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX-AMD Ryzen 7 5700U-AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS- and 8 more
Vendor Amd

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
Base Clock 300 MHz
Boost Clock 1100-2100 MHz (configurable)
Compute Units (Pipelines) 8
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC
Ray-tracing Cores No
Render Output Units (ROPs) 8
Shading Units 512
Tensor Cores No
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32

Memory

Memory specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
ECC No
Effective Memory Speed System RAM Dependent
Memory Clock System RAM Dependent
Memory Size System RAM Dependent
Memory Type System Shared

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
DirectX 11 10 FPS
DirectX 12 8 FPS
G2D Mark 398
GPU Compute 861 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
Die Size 210 mm²
Fabrication Process 7 nm
Interface IGP
Manufacturing TSMC
TGP 25 W
Transistor Count 4.94 billion
Transistor Density 23.52 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications for Radeon RX Vega 8
Specification Value
Pixel Fill Rate 9-17 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 35-67 GTexel/s

Strengths & Limitations

Key Advantages

  • Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.

Key Considerations

  • No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.

Direct Competitors & Alternatives

Methodology, Provenance & Verification

Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).

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