The AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 is an integrated GPU for laptops. It is used for the entry level Ryzen 3 APUs, which were launched in early 2018. The GPU is based on the Vega architecture (5th generation GCN) and has 3 CUs (= 192 of the 704 shaders) clocked at up to 1200 MHz (depending on the model). The performance depends on the configured TDP (12-25 W at launch), the clocks, the cooling, and the memory configuration). The GPU should benefit from fast dual-channel DDR4-2400 RAM (contrary to DDR4-2133 single-channel, which is also possible).
The Vega architecture offers some improvements over the Polaris generation and now supports DirectX 12 Feature Level 12_1. More information is available in our dedicated article about the Raven Ridge architecture .
Thanks to the 14nm process and clever power-saving features, the power consumption is comparatively low (according to AMD), so the graphics card can also be used for slim and light notebooks.
RX Vega 2000/3000 Series Codename Vega Raven Ridge Architecture Vega Pipelines 192 - unified Core Speed 600 - 1200 (Boost) MHz Shared Memory no API DirectX 12_1 Power Consumption 15 Watt Transistor Count 4.5 Billion technology 14 nm Features Tiled Rasterization, Shared Memory (up to Dual-Channel DDR4-2400) Date of Announcement 07.01.2018
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 223 avg: 415.4 median: 441.5 (1%) max: 504 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 196 avg: 371.8 median: 393 (1%) max: 450 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 41927 avg: 77485 median: 80755 (8%) max: 95999 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 25789 avg: 41032 median: 42318 (5%) max: 54893 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 3848 avg: 6096 median: 6044 (6%) max: 7686 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 5005 avg: 8533 median: 8536 (2%) max: 12278 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 662 avg: 1041 median: 1065.5 (2%) max: 1385 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 726 avg: 1155 median: 1171.5 (1%) max: 1522 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 41388 avg: 66040 median: 68288 (8%) max: 85209 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 1489 avg: 2264 median: 2328 (1%) max: 2982 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 665 avg: 768 median: 758 (1%) max: 880 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
min: 1615 avg: 3731 median: 4131.5 (4%) max: 5081 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
min: 1774 avg: 4463 median: 4873.5 (2%) max: 6369 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1190 avg: 2033 median: 1947 (2%) max: 5190 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1108 avg: 1674 median: 1723.5 (1%) max: 2048 Points
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 5035 avg: 5441 median: 5440.5 (2%) max: 5846 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 4303 avg: 4739 median: 4738.5 (3%) max: 5174 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + 3DMark 06
min: 8642 avg: 10327 median: 11103 (15%) max: 11493 Points
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 5716 avg: 7120 median: 7401 (5%) max: 7719 points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 15.46 avg: 31.1 median: 38 (13%) max: 39.47 fps
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 17.08 avg: 29.9 median: 28.2 (2%) max: 46.9 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
min: 97.9 avg: 98 median: 98 (98%) max: 98 %
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 10 avg: 15.8 median: 15.8 (2%) max: 21.5 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 13 avg: 19.1 median: 19.1 (0%) max: 25.1 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 20 avg: 23 median: 23 (1%) max: 26 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 40 avg: 64.5 median: 64.5 (1%) max: 89 fps
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
Model CPU GPU RAM Value Lenovo V155-15API 81V5000SGE R3 3200U Vega 3 bc76 GB 43
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
Model CPU GPU RAM Value Lenovo V155-15API 81V5000SGE R3 3200U Vega 3 bc76 GB 3.64
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 154 avg: 179.5 median: 179.5 (1%) max: 205 Samples/s
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 292 avg: 346 median: 346 (1%) max: 400 Samples/s
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 933 avg: 1008 median: 1008 (1%) max: 1083 points
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 14.7 avg: 25.7 median: 28 (4%) max: 32.6 Watt
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Tooltip Medion Akoya E14307: Ø14.7 (13.5-15.8)
Asus ExpertBook L1 L1401CDA-EK0457R: Ø23.7 (22.7-25.2)
HP 255 G7 159P1EA: Ø29.5 (23.8-36.7)
Acer Spin 3 SP314-21N-R4GU: Ø32.6 (29-35.4)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 10.1 avg: 19.4 median: 21.9 (3%) max: 23.6 Watt
0 5 10 15 20 Tooltip Medion Akoya E14307: Ø10.1 (9.57-10.5)
Acer Spin 3 SP314-21N-R4GU: Ø21.3 (20.4-22.8)
Asus ExpertBook L1 L1401CDA-EK0457R: Ø22.4 (21.5-23.9)
HP 255 G7 159P1EA: Ø23.6 (23.1-24.9)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 25.4 avg: 28.1 median: 28.2 (6%) max: 32 Watt
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Tooltip Acer Spin 3 SP314-21N-R4GU: Ø25.4 (23.7-28.7)
Asus ExpertBook L1 L1401CDA-EK0457R: Ø26 (25.1-35.1)
HP 255 G7 159P1EA: Ø28.7 (27.1-35)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Witcher 3 ultra
min: 0.1394 avg: 0.2 median: 0.2 (15%) max: 0.1929 fps per Watt