#Amd radeon vega 8 update

A regular Ryzen U 4800U + Vega8 ultraportables won’t score as highly. The Vega8 scores high as well and even outmatches the MX350 in the more demanding titles, but don’t forget that’s on a Ryzen 9 configuration, so the increased CPU power and the competent thermal design play a major role in those scores. The MX350 wins in most cases, and by a fair margin over the Vega 7 and MX250 in the same ZenBook 14 chassis.

Bioshock Far Cry 5, Middle Earth, Strange Brigade, Red Dead Redemption 2, Tomb Raider games – recorded with the included Benchmark utilities.

Battlefield V, The Witcher 3, Dota 2 – recorded with MSI Afterburner in game mode.

We ran the same DX11, DX12, and Vulkan titles as before, on the best-performance profiles available in each case and FHD resolution/lowest graphics settings. The Vega 7 and 8 chips beat the MX250 implementation, though, and they should outscore the similar MX330 as well. The MX350 comes on top in most tests, even in this thermally limited ZenBook 14 implementation, and it should score higher in a better-cooled design. The results below are from our tests of the Zenbook 14 UM433 (with Vega 7 and MX350 10W graphics) and the ZenBook 14 UX434 (with MX250 10W graphics) Nvidia offers either 10 or 25W versions of the MX250 – 350, with the 10W variants reserved for ultraportable laptops such as the ZenBook 14 UM433, and the 25W versions only implemented in a few full-size 15-inch laptops. The thermal module pays an even more important role in MX implementations, though, as it also has to handle the extra power of these Nvidia chips. The specs are in there for a better look at the Nvidia options, as there’s no point comparing the two architectures specs-wise, although the Processing Power row gives you a ballpark idea of how these fare against each other.Īmong those Nvidia options, the MX330 is a rebadged MX250 from last year, but the MX350 is a different GPU based on the GP107 chiplet, thus the most competent option here.

Here’s a quick specs sheet of the Vega7 chip next to the Nvidia MX250, 330, and 350 options. Older games or simpler titles such as Fortnite, LOL, Dota, Minecraft, and the likes should play well at FHD resolution with low-to-medium settings. In fact, you shouldn’t expect to play them on the MX350/250 models either. So you shouldn’t realistically expect to play the latest AAA games on these Vega integrated GPUs, there’s only so much they can do. Simpler titles such as Dota2 run well even on the ZenBook 14, but even in this case, there’s a noticeable difference between playing with Low or High settings.įurthermore, titles like Red Dead Redemption can’t even start on any of these AMD chips, due to their limited memory buffer. The G14 Vega 7/8 implementations run flawlessly, as illustrated in the following logs.

Far Cry 5, Middle Earth, Strange Brigade, Red Dead Redemption 2, Tomb Raider games – recorded with the included Benchmark utilities.

Battlefield V, The Witcher 3, Dota 2 – recorded with Fraps/in-game FPS counter in game mode.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (DX 11, Low Preset, Hairworks Off) Shadow of Tomb Raider (Vulkan, Lowest Preset, no AA) Rise of the Tomb Raider (DX 12, Lowest Preset, no AA)

Red Dead Redemption 2 (DX 12, Favor Performance) – HD Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (DX 11, Lowest Preset)

With that in mind, let’s have a quick look at the specs sheet. Now, you should only take this article as a general reference of what to expect from these platforms, and make sure to go through our detailed reviews for more in-depth tests and analysis.

#Amd radeon vega 8 update

We’ve yet to test an ultraportable Vega8 or Vega 6 implementation, so we’ll update with that info later on. I’ve also thrown in our results from the Ryzen 7 4700U ZenBook UM433 ultrabook with the same kind of Vega 7 graphics, but much more limited cooling, which is more in line with what you should expect from mid-tier AMD ultraportables. I specifically disabled the Nvidia GPUs to see how these Vega 7/8 chips perform in an ideal implementation with an over-competent thermal module. Our findings are based on several Asus G14 configurations running on Vega 7 and Vega 8 graphics. With that in mind, the first part of this article focuses on the Radeon Vega 7 and 8 graphics, and we’ll talk about the MX250/MX350 alternatives further down. Furthermore, some of the AMD configurations will also integrate Nvidia graphics, and it’s interesting to find out whether those AMD+Nvidia configurations are actually worth paying extra for. Down in AMD’s camp, however, things are a bit different, as the Renoir Ryzen 4000 mobile platforms bundle some decent Vega 6, 7, and 8 integrated graphics, which could actually suffice for light and casual gaming by their own.