Radeon RX Vega 8 vs Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon RX Vega 8 and Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX Vega 8
- + GCN 5.0 architecture
- + Raven codename
- + System Shared memory
- + IGP interface
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell)
- + Blackwell 2.0 architecture
- + GB207-300-A1 codename
- + 8GB GDDR7 memory
- + PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
Pros & Cons
- Great energy efficiency
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No hardware ray tracing
- Older generation architecture
"A budget AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Hardware ray tracing support
- DLSS upscaling support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A entry-level Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) graphics card with modest workstation performance (39/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Radeon RX Vega 8 | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 13 | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 10 | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 15 | — | — | — | 125 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 16 | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 16 | — | — | — | 68 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 9 | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9 | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 16 | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 12 | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX Vega 8 | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 16 | 95 |
| 1080p Ultra | 12 | 76 |
| 1440p Ultra | 9 | 55 |
| 4K Ultra | - | 29 |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
| Radeon RX Vega 8 | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 1410 | 8545 |
| Solar Bay | — | 17288 |
| Port Royal | — | 5015 |
| Fire Strike | 4499 | 19480 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 2532 | — |
| Night Raid | 17993 | 89940 |
| Radeon RX Vega 8 | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 400 | 731 |
| DirectX 11 | 10 FPS | 117 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 8 FPS | 73 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 863 Ops/s | 5832 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Radeon RX Vega 8 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 10472 | 88051 |
| Background Blur | 21.2 img/sec | 137.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 10.9 img/sec | 95 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 2.99 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.65 Gpixels/sec | 3.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.51 Gpixels/sec | 4.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.13 Gpixels/sec | 1.11 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 34.9 Gpixels/sec | 396.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 1322.9 FPS | 12852.4 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Radeon RX Vega 8 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 2257 | 14484 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 2817 | 29177 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 1643 | 11633 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 924 | 6114 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 1148 | 17332 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 2211 | 15867 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 2819 | 32890 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 7106 | 60048 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 832 | 2929 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1021 | 4631 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1040 | 7844 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 3885 | 26902 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 14495 | 94600 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Radeon RX Vega 8 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Released | 13-Feb-18 | 18-Mar-25 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Raven | GB207-300-A1 |
| Recommended CPU | -AMD Ryzen 7 4800Uor above | -Intel Core Ultra 5 245HXor above |
| Specification | Radeon RX Vega 8 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 1020-1627 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1100-2100 MHz (configurable) | 1627-2407 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 512 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 8 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 8 | 20 |
| Tensor Cores | No | 80 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Radeon RX Vega 8 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 9-17 GPixel/s | 52-77 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 35-67 GTexel/s | 130-193 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 1.1-2.2 TFLOPS | 8.3-12.3 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Radeon RX Vega 8 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 15 W | 35-115 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 210 mm² | 149 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 4.94 billion | 16.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 23.52 MTr/mm² | 113.42 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Radeon RX Vega 8 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR7 |
| Specification | Radeon RX Vega 8 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 1000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2 | 3 |
| CUDA | 12 | |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b |
