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AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 9

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 is an integrated GPU for laptops. It is used for the entry level Athlon Silver 3050U APUs, which were launched in early 2020. The GPU is based on the Vega architecture (5th generation GCN) and has 2 CUs (= 128 of the 704 shaders) clocked at up to 1100 MHz. 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.

The performance should be clearly lower than the Radeon RX Vega 3 with 3 CUs and therefore in the lowest performance region of modern GPUs. That means, demanding current games may not be playable fluently.

Thanks to the 12nm 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 Mobile

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The AMD Radeon Vega Mobile is a dedicated graphics card for laptops. It most likely uses the same chip as the Kaby-Lake-G graphics part. Rumors currently speak of 28 CUs (= 1792 shaders) instead of the 24 CUs in the Kaby-Lake-G top model. The clock speed should be also around 1 GHz. As graphics memory, the GPU most likely also uses 4 GB HMB2.

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.

The power consumption should be similar to the Kaby-Lake-G chips (altough this may be more efficient due to power sharing and distribution). The Kaby-Lake-G is rated at 100 Watt including a 35-45 Watt processor.

The Radeon Vega Mobile was announced one day before CES at a press event by Lisa Su

AMD Radeon RX Vega 9

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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 is an integrated GPU for notebooks. It is used for the Ryzen 5 APUs, which were launched in the end of 2019. The GPU is based on the Vega architecture (5th generation GCN) and has 9 CUs (= 576 of the 704 shaders) clocked at up to 1300 MHz (Ryzen 5 3580U). 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.

The performance of the integrated graphics card should be between the Vega 8 and Vega 10. Therefore, demanding games like Control or Borderlands 3 should be playable in lowest settings and 720p. Less demanding games like Fifa 20 or League of Legends can be played fluently in 1080p and highest settings. See e.g. our Vega 8 page for additional benchmarks.

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 2AMD Radeon RX Vega MobileAMD Radeon RX Vega 9
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
RX Vega 64 4096 @ 1.63 GHz2048 Bit @ 945 MHz
RX Vega 56 3584 @ 1.14 - 1.47 GHz409.6 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 @ 1.1 GHz
Vega 3 192 @ 0.6 - 1.2 GHz
Vega 2 128 @ 1.1 GHz
CodenameVega Raven RidgeVega MobileVega Raven Ridge
ArchitectureVegaVegaVega
Pipelines128 - unified1792 - unified576 - unified
Core Speed1100 (Boost) MHz1300 (Boost) MHz
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 12_1DirectX 12_1DirectX 12_1
Power Consumption15 Watt90 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4.5 Billion4.5 Billion
technology12 nm14 nm14 nm
FeaturesTiled Rasterization, Shared Memory (up to Dual-Channel DDR4-2400)Tiled Rasterization, Shared Memory (up to Dual-Channel DDR4-2400)
Date of Announcement07.01.2018 07.01.2018 26.10.2017
Memory Bus Width2048 Bit
Memory TypeHBM2
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Notebook Sizemedium sized
CPU in Vega 2GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U2 x 2300 MHz, 15 W? MHz1100 MHz
CPU in Vega 9GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U4 x 2100 MHz, 15 W? MHz1300 MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Vega 9
1.3 pt (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
100%
1 Vega 9 +
974 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
100%
1 Vega 9 +
872 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
100%
1 Vega 9 +
131922 Points (15%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
100%
1 Vega 9 +
70492 Points (9%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
100%
1 Vega 9 +
13582 Points (15%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
100%
1 Vega 9 +
19255 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
100%
1 Vega 9 +
2524 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
100%
1 Vega 9 +
2789 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
100%
1 Vega 9 +
94659 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
100%
1 Vega 2 +
3110 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
100%
1 Vega 2 +
3450 Points (1%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
100%
1 Vega 9 +
4424 Points (6%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
100%
1 Vega 9 +
4380 Points (4%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
100%
1 Vega 9 +
12628 Points (4%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
100%
1 Vega 9 +
11100 Points (6%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
3DMark 06
100%
1 Vega 9 +
13365 Points (18%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
100%
1 Vega 9 +
6966 Points (5%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
100%
1 Vega 9 +
46.6 fps (16%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
100%
1 Vega 9 +
55 fps (3%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
100%
1 Vega 9 +
98 % (98%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
100%
1 Vega 9 +
49 fps (6%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
100%
1 Vega 9 +
57.4 fps (1%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
100%
1 Vega 9 +
73.1 fps (4%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
100%
1 Vega 9 +
192 fps (2%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
100%
1 Vega 9 +
239 Samples/s (1%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
100%
1 Vega 9 +
588 Samples/s (1%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
100%
1 Vega 9 +
2806 Points (3%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 Vega 9 +
42.2 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 Vega 9 +
40.3 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
100%
1 Vega 9 +
45.1 Watt (10%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
100%
1 Vega 9 +
0.2 fps per Watt (18%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 Vega 9 +
0.2 fps per Watt (17%)
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
100%
1 Vega 9 +
39 dB(A) (62%)

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
Vega 9:
28.3  fps
med. 1920x1080
Vega 9:
13.5  fps
high 1920x1080
Vega 9:
7.8  fps
F1 2019

F1 2019

2019
low 1280x720
Vega 9:
51  fps
med. 1920x1080
Vega 9:
21  fps
high 1920x1080
Vega 9:
18  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Vega 9:
12  fps
low 1280x720
Vega 9:
60.7  fps
med. 1920x1080
Vega 9:
20.9  fps
high 1920x1080
Vega 9:
18  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Vega 9:
14.5  fps
low 1280x720
Vega 9:
29  fps
med. 1920x1080
Vega 9:
8  fps
Fortnite

Fortnite

2018
low 1280x720
Vega 9:
48  fps
med. 1920x1080
Vega 9:
22.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Vega 9:
15.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Vega 9:
9.1  fps
low 1280x720
Vega 9:
100.7  fps
med. 1920x1080
Vega 9:
46.2  fps
high 1920x1080
Vega 9:
30.4  fps
Overwatch

Overwatch

2016
low 1280x720
Vega 9:
92.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Vega 9:
36.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Vega 9:
19.3  fps
low 1024x768
Vega 9:
41.9  fps
high 1920x1080
Vega 9:
13.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Vega 9:
8.1  fps
low 1280x720
Vega 9:
117.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Vega 9:
20.5  fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 9lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Borderlands 328.313.57.8
F1 201951211812
Apex Legends60.720.91814.5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider298
Fortnite4822.315.79.1
Rocket League100.746.230.4
Overwatch92.336.319.3
The Witcher 341.913.38.1
BioShock Infinite117.920.5
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