Radeon Vega 7 vs HD 7480D

Place in the ranking	1168	533
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Power efficiency	0.76	11.44
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Scrapper Lite	Cezanne
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	2 October 2012 (12 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$53	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	448
Core clock speed	723 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	1,303 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.400	53.20
Floating-point processing power	0.2048 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	8
TMUs	8	28

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	IGP	IGP
Width	IGP	no data
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	System Shared	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	System Shared
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
Shared memory	+	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7480D 0.72

Vega 7 7.48
+939%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 7480D 580

Vega 7 5249
+805%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD 7480D 445

Vega 7 3348
+652%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 7480D 4236

Vega 7 24726
+484%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	10 −130%	23 +130%
1440p	2−3 −1150%	25 +1150%
4K	1−2 −1400%	15 +1400%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.30	no data
1440p	26.50	no data
4K	53.00	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −66.7%	14−16 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −66.7%	14−16 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −314%	29 +314%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −440%	27 +440%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −66.7%	14−16 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −250%	28 +250%
Fortnite	1−2 −4300%	40−45 +4300%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −243%	24 +243%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −360%	46 +360%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −283%	21−24 +283%
World of Tanks	27 −115%	58 +115%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −66.7%	14−16 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −313%	30−35 +313%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −200%	21 +200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −500%	60−65 +500%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
World of Tanks	3−4 −1700%	50−55 +1700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Valorant	5−6 −280%	18−20 +280%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −900%	150−160 +900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Dota 2	14−16 −900%	150−160 +900%
Valorant	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%

Full HD
Low Preset

Elden Ring

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	21 +0%	21 +0%
Valorant	29 +0%	29 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Dota 2	17 +0%	17 +0%
Elden Ring	16 +0%	16 +0%
Metro Exodus	15 +0%	15 +0%
Valorant	14 +0%	14 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	25 +0%	25 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Elden Ring	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Elden Ring	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Fortnite	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

This is how HD 7480D and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

Vega 7 is 130% faster in 1080p
Vega 7 is 1150% faster in 1440p
Vega 7 is 1400% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Vega 7 is 4300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Vega 7 is ahead in 25 tests (50%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.72	7.48
Recency	2 October 2012	13 April 2021
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Vega 7 has a 938.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7480D in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7480D is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.