AMD Radeon 680M vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 680M, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 680M and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
42
23
17
10
24
12
9
n/a
The Witcher 3
19
21
10
n/a
9
11
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
39
23
20
n/a
27
17
12
n/a
Far Cry 6
33
27
19
9
19
17
10
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
18
12
9
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
27
24
19
10
20
15
13
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
19
11
9
n/a
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
19
15
10
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
25
24
17
n/a
15
15
10
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2716
1080p Ultra2012
1440p Ultra149
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
1248
Time Spy23371413
Solar Bay10075n/a
Port Royal1022n/a
Fire Strike69484515
Night Raid2797017937
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
10472
Background Blur73.8 frames/s21.2 frames/s
Face Detection30.1 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.93 Gpix/sec0.34 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.17 Gpix/sec0.65 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.17 Gpix/sec0.51 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.37 Gpix/sec0.13 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching105 Gpix/sec34.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4640 fps1322.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
1580
G2D Mark751409
DirectX 1145 fps10 fps
DirectX 1222 fps8 fps
GPU Compute2163 Ops/s874 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
12.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)142 fps77 fps
Car Chasen/a68.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a58.9 fps
T-Rexn/a293.7 fps
ALU 2n/a318 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a98.4 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a340.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced January, 1, 2022 February, 13, 2018
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 5.0
Codename Rembrandt Raven

GPU

GPU Frequency 400 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2200-2400 MHz 1100-2100 MHz
Shader Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 12 8
Ray Tracing Cores 12 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 70-77 Gpix/sec 9-17 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 106-115 GTex/s 35-67 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS 1.1-2.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 IGP
TGP 15 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 6 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 208 mm² 210 mm²
Transistor count 13.1 billion 4.94 billion
Transistor density 62.98 MTr/mm² 23.52 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
ECC support No No

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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