AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 is an integrated GPU for notebooks. It is used for the Ryzen 5 APUs, which were launched in the end of 2017. The GPU is based on the Vega architecture (5th generation GCN) and has 8 CUs (= 512 of the 704 shaders) clocked at up to 1100 MHz (Ryzen 5 2500U). 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.

AMD's reference design GPU is sitting between the GeForce 940MX / Radeon Pro 450 and GeForce MX150 / Radeon Pro 555. It can handle smooth gameplay in simple titles like League of Legends (med), Dota 2 (low), Overwatch (low), CS:GO (med), and Quake Champions (high) in 720p up to 1080p according to AMD.

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 Vega 10 640 @ 1.3 GHz Vega 9 576 @ 1.3 GHz Vega 8 512 @ 1.2 GHz Vega 6 384 @ 1.1 GHz Vega 3 192 @ 0.6 - 1.2 GHz Vega 2 128 @ 1.1 GHz
Codename	Vega Raven Ridge
Architecture	Vega
Pipelines	512 - unified
Core Speed	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	26.10.2017

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