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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega Series	RX Vega 64 4096 @ 1.63 GHz 2048 Bit @ 945 MHz RX Vega 56 3584 @ 1.14 - 1.47 GHz 409.6 Bit @ 800 MHz Vega Mobile 1792 2048 Bit Vega M GH 1536 @ 1.06 - 1.19 GHz Vega M GL / 870 1280 @ 0.93 - 1.01 GHz WX Vega M GL 1280 @ 0.93 - 1.01 GHz Vega 11 704 @ 1.24 GHz Vega 10 640 @ 1.3 GHz Vega 9 576 @ 1.3 GHz Vega 8 512 @ 1.2 GHz Vega 6 384 @ 0.4 - 1.5 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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